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Rupert Murdoch confirms WSJ for iPad

Rupert Murdoch has confirmed, in a Q & A following his announcement of a New York 'metro' section for the Wall Street Journal, that an app for the iPad is under development (WSJ story here, behind the paywall). There's an iPhone app available now, and it's expected that the iPad version will expand upon it, with attention being paid to the iPad's big screen.

What's most interesting about this story is the extreme secrecy with which Apple is handing the process. it seems that WSJ developers do have access to a pre-release iPad, which Murdoch confirms is "kept under padlock and key." Not only that, but an Apple employee turns the key every night to confirm that the iPad is where it should be -- locked up tight, safe and sound. Not even preferred developers have earned Apple's full trust.

Apple paranoid
? We can't imagine such a thing.

[via MacNN]

Rupert Murdoch has confirmed, in a Q & A following his announcement of a New York 'metro' section for the Wall Street Journal, that an...
 

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Martin

In other news, Murdoch likes money.

March 04 2010 at 12:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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March 04 2010 at 3:09 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kleinias

While I do wish I could pay for one subscription and then read the WSJ on whatever device I fancy, I'm still pleased that I will at least have the opportunity to read it on the iPad. It's a great paper and I'm hoping the iPad version will offer a lot of extra content that will really bring it to life.

On a separate note, it's also sort of nice (I have no idea about its efficacy) to see a paper actually expanding its operations into a new market segment rather than the converse.

March 03 2010 at 4:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
designr

Well, great... if you like fanatical right wing propaganda from a creepy fascist foreign national. [IMHO].

March 03 2010 at 2:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Andy

That _is_ Apple's full trust. Don't we already understand that they do as much or more to lock things down in house.

March 03 2010 at 1:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mac

don't read newspapers

March 03 2010 at 1:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
wmcraveronline

I don't have first hand experience with the WSJ Kindle version of the newspaper, but have read many comments (http://www.amazon.com/The-Wall-Street-Journal/dp/B000FDJ0FS/ref=cm_cr-mr-title) that state it's more expensive to subscribe on the Kindle than purchase a subscription which includes online access.

I'm really hoping this will be different for the iPad version. I hate how much paper the WSJ generates around my house :)

March 03 2010 at 12:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Stephen

Unlike some competitors (like the NY Times and Financial Times), the WSJ seems to think that its readers should pay twice or three times to read the exact same content in a different place. So for example, I subscribed to the WSJ.com service, only to find that I would have to pay again to read the same articles via the iPhone app. So don't be surprised when they expect us suckers to pay yet again to read the exact same content on their iPad application, too. No thanks.

March 03 2010 at 12:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
2 replies to Stephen's comment
jerryshakalaka

Mmm.. Sure, it happens all the time when “competition” is overshadowed by high barriers to entry and near-monopolistic strangleholds on markets. Hopefully, it'll still be the case for this tablet: http://bit.ly/ipad-debacle-examined

March 03 2010 at 5:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ggreen

You don't have to "pay again" to use the WSJ iPhone app - just login using your WSJ.com username and password and you're all set. Simple as pie.

March 03 2010 at 8:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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