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This is so bloody cheeky of Apple, the richest company on the planet. https://t.co/cpCZe5Nl26
— Sam Shead (@Sam_L_Shead) February 12, 2019
This is an absurd deal that the industry should resist at all costs. https://t.co/BG5PYFmHij
— Ben Werdmuller (@benwerd) February 12, 2019
50% of the revenue? No data? Yeah... forget it! ... also the whole 'Netflix for news' models only works if you have a limited number of publishers sharing the remaining revenue. Every time Apple adds another publisher, the revenue cut shrinks... and shrinks... and shrinks. https://t.co/zAjJhHjbOK
— Thomas Baekdal (@baekdal) February 12, 2019
Also see our story from December: Apple’s ‘Netflix for Magazines’ Getting a Chilly Reception https://t.co/EtoCN2FUIJ And our story from last April: Apple Is Planning to Launch a News Subscription Service https://t.co/Ho4WyVB6AO https://t.co/37VrRCISUm
— Mark Gurman (@markgurman) February 12, 2019
The fact that Apple thinks it can even ASK for 50 percent of all publisher revenue is such a worrying sign about the concentration of tech power in this country https://t.co/pMR5UJGoQe
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) February 12, 2019
Who would ever have thought that a company that charges $79 for an adapter – and $39 for the cable (sold separately!) – would try to gouge publishers? https://t.co/k1EwG7cxkA
— James Temple (@jtemple) February 12, 2019
On the other hand..if you have a small subscriber base, or if you don't have a paywall at all, an "all you can eat" tier on Apple News might look more attractive to you — even at these terms.https://t.co/E07zUx7eso
— Ben Mullin (@BenMullin) February 12, 2019
This is the most outrageous extortion plot I have heard of in ... five days
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) February 12, 2019
And then some of the resulting profits will be reinvented one day as a generous plutocratic buyout of a media entity gutted by business practices like this. https://t.co/2h4dGzvs6E
— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) February 12, 2019
exactly what we need: more money going to rentier tech platforms, less money going to media ??♀️ https://t.co/PYaHKwd8Uw
— Paris Marx (@parismarx) February 12, 2019
Leaking 50 makes “compromising” on 30 sound reasonable.
— Paul Haddad (@tapbot_paul) February 12, 2019
if your hardware business has peaked and you need to move into higher margin services businesses, it means its time to squeeze someone elsehttps://t.co/UuK4FRQ7Ja pic.twitter.com/FX28pWwjlK
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) February 12, 2019
The standard 30% would already be asking a lot. Starting at the 15% mark, rather than working towards it, would be a good citizen move on Apple’s part. 50% is outrageous. https://t.co/h4je2KCc1Z
— Casey Ayers (@caseyayers) February 12, 2019
the richest company in the world wants to take 50% of the revenue from an industry it helped kill in order to "save it"
— keemiana (@hakeemangulu) February 12, 2019
late late late stage capitalism https://t.co/vRDdGo8LvU
Apple has $245 billion dollars in the bank. https://t.co/CN0d4C24WB
— Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal) February 12, 2019
Hey Siri, what’s “rapacious” mean? https://t.co/OI4WNBdJmY
— Rob Pegoraro (@robpegoraro) February 12, 2019
Apple is also asking for 4 first round draft picks https://t.co/E5cB5BCMdV
— Mark Gurman (@markgurman) February 12, 2019
Hey Apple, here is an idea:
— Alex Kantrowitz (@Kantrowitz) February 12, 2019
If you take a smaller cut of publisher revenue, publishers will create better content for your app. In this scenario, your app will get better. And your customers will be happier. https://t.co/kMoUWQDSry
Even as an opening negotiation, this sounds like a non-starter. Publishers can have their own subscriptions and take 70% of their first year revenue from each subscriber and 85% every year after.
— Nick Heer (@nickheer) February 12, 2019
Like, this is so illogical that it doesn’t seem correct. https://t.co/nKr4GT9LIg
Apple, world's richest company, would very much like to explore news orgs for all they're worth. News platforms are a disaster. https://t.co/ZsHB8YPami
— Owen Williams ⚡ (@ow) February 12, 2019
Apple News: Major newspapers including the Washington Post, NYT and WSJ are resisting Apple's terms for its "Netflix of News" service, via @benmullin and @lalpert1 https://t.co/J64JvtlEjp
— Tripp Mickle (@trippmickle) February 12, 2019
I’d argue one under-reported aspect of the paid subscription model surge is how many side business are trying to spring off it. They all want to “help” you, but also want a slice of your pie. Of course, 50 percent is outlandish. https://t.co/HScwqD2B9y
— Todd Dybas (@Todd_Dybas) February 12, 2019
All your subscriber base are belong to us. https://t.co/8gXSMAuro7
— M.G. Siegler (@mgsiegler) February 12, 2019
Apple once again leading the tech industry in chutzpah.
— Iain Thomson (@iainthomson) February 12, 2019
Give us your content and we'll keep half the cash, parcel out the rest as we see fit and you can whistle for the data. Oh so tempting /s https://t.co/Gfr17PhzSD
Here's the thing. This isn't just about giving Apple 50%, it's also about reconfiguring your organization to take advantage of and eventually come to rely on whatever traffic based revenue this brings. And then, what happens when Apple changes its mind? pic.twitter.com/5Xu0Me1MFQ
— Matthew Panzarino (@panzer) February 12, 2019
50 percent seems like an awfully big cut from a company that doesn’t have to pay to report and write the news https://t.co/kacYcTSgVi
— Geoffrey A. Fowler (@geoffreyfowler) February 12, 2019
LOL
— Christopher Mims ? (@mims) February 12, 2019
Apple charges 30% on the app store and even those developers, who wouldn't exist without Apple, are regularly crying monopoly / highway robbery https://t.co/Xc4naj5iV0
Apple has $245 billion in cash on hand and no idea what to do with it. Levying a 50 percent tax on journalism so just so Tim Cook can say ‘service revenue’ 12 times on the next earnings call is obscene
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) February 12, 2019
Even if one could argue that many digital subscriptions are discounted so publishers are missing out already, it’s hard to justify a 50% cut https://t.co/PRGBNYyqg8
— Carolina Milanesi (@caro_milanesi) February 12, 2019
While 50% is high remember that traditional distribution was at least this expensive (often more) so most objections you’ll see to this are at best misinformed fear-mongering OR actually complaining they can’t mine user data for extra revenue.
— Gregory Wild-Smith (@GregWildSmith) February 12, 2019
I think 50% is high, but still... https://t.co/vNAg7g4QWL
Was Apple *surprised* by these concerns from news outlets? Because they are utterly utterly obvious. https://t.co/lRgr1ufpgN pic.twitter.com/H5DNfpynOa
— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) February 12, 2019
Apple wants to keep 50% of revenue from its subscription news service.
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) February 12, 2019
As iPhone sales growth ends and company narrative shifts to service revenue growth, expect more user and partner hostile cash grabs. https://t.co/HgMih58WLM
Hey, Apple, you know who is eager for help with subscriptions? Local news publishers. https://t.co/GbrrJbhJ8w
— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) February 12, 2019
If true, this just feels absurd.
— Federico Viticci (@viticci) February 12, 2019
The fee is exorbitant for big and small publishers. Big media companies likely don’t need the “exposure” here; small publishers can’t survive after 50% is taken from Apple. All of this in a locked-in, proprietary service. https://t.co/fDJW9NPYHF
Developers to Journalists: The App Store cut of 30% feels kind of high these days.
— Dieter Bohn (@backlon) February 12, 2019
Journalists to Everybody: Hm yeah it kind of does.
Apple to Journalists: 50%. https://t.co/P6iNhp6ZN9
WSJ scoops in Techland:
— Scott Austin (@ScottMAustin) February 12, 2019
-Apple wants 50% of the revenue from its planned news service; publishers say nuh-uhhttps://t.co/U6tNDFgB7G
-Lyft's founders tighten their griphttps://t.co/xT6mxiPSAJ
-Amazon raises prices at Whole Paycheck, I mean Whole Foodshttps://t.co/AMO5MlNKaQ
Apple is reportedly trying to take a 50 percent cut with its "Netflix for news" subscription https://t.co/SWVp4Mds9x pic.twitter.com/U5XzaBR28C
— The Verge (@verge) February 12, 2019
Here is the deal with Apple's new subscription model for publishers: They are taking 50 percent of the revenue https://t.co/B5HqznfebL
— Garett Sloane (@GarettSloane) February 12, 2019
'Greedy' Apple wants half of the money from new digital magazine subscription service https://t.co/bMNWCCWpYf pic.twitter.com/eYpUE0vADs
— Ad Age (@adage) February 12, 2019
Reminds me of a thought I had when Google AMP was announced: there is nothing stopping publishers making a "Netflix for news" themselves, without Apple taking a cut. But they haven't, and now it might be too late. https://t.co/9I73lIWNZM
— Alastair Coote (@_alastair) February 12, 2019
apple's disadvantage here is publishers' history getting burned by Facebook
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) February 12, 2019
not to mention large platforms claiming that providing your articles at scale will convert users to more subs
my guess is disintermediating the pub from the consumer (via a platform) hurts conversions
this is an interesting thought. "Hulu for news" would be a better analogy.
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) February 12, 2019
question is how long and how expensive would it be to attract consumers vs just going with a platform that already has scalehttps://t.co/s7bBDCayIT
This is quite an interesting journey from their acquisition of Texture, a company spawned by publishers out of a desire to create sustainable new models for journalism. https://t.co/TrwFyMedde
— Nathan Lawrence (@NathanBLawrence) February 12, 2019
Apple has huge audience using its news app, so yeah it can ask for 50% revenue. Doesn't mean publishers should accept. It would be better if publishers banded together and launched their own service
— Guadalupe Gonzalez (@mariainnyc) February 12, 2019
one that actually aligns with how people consume news (unlike Texture) https://t.co/9E2A0MCjXL
Typical tech approach to saving journalism. “You do the work, we keep the data and the money.” https://t.co/6kXilOLZou
— Steve Bass (@sbassopb) February 12, 2019
Apple keeping half the revenue from its subscription news plan "is nuts," says Daring Fireball's John Gruber. "Given the margins in the news industry today, even Apple’s usual 70/30 split would seem a bit greedy, but half is insane" https://t.co/8NxDWXVm4c
— Mathew Ingram (@mathewi) February 12, 2019
애플이 준비하고 있는 뉴스 구독 서비스 관련 협상에 난항을 겪고 있다고.
— 이주형 (쿠도군) (@KudoKun_) February 12, 2019
이유는
1) 애플이 어떠한 독자 개인 정보도 제공하지 않을 거라 했고,
2) 구독료의 50%를 요구함.https://t.co/58GIJyQqvr
애플이 준비하고 있는 뉴스 구독 서비스 관련 협상에 난항을 겪고 있다고.
— 이주형 (쿠도군) (@KudoKun_) February 12, 2019
이유는
1) 애플이 어떠한 독자 개인 정보도 제공하지 않을 거라 했고,
2) 구독료의 50%를 요구함.https://t.co/58GIJyQqvr
애플이 준비하고 있는 뉴스 구독 서비스 관련 협상에 난항을 겪고 있다고.
— 이주형 (쿠도군) (@KudoKun_) February 12, 2019
이유는
1) 애플이 어떠한 독자 개인 정보도 제공하지 않을 거라 했고,
2) 구독료의 50%를 요구함.https://t.co/58GIJyQqvr
Apple will take half your subscription revenue because ... you know, Apple doesn't have enough money yet. https://t.co/Z20ytLCu7T via @WSJ
— Gabriel Kahn (@gabekahn) February 12, 2019
애플이 준비하고 있는 뉴스 구독 서비스 관련 협상에 난항을 겪고 있다고.
— 이주형 (쿠도군) (@KudoKun_) February 12, 2019
이유는
1) 애플이 어떠한 독자 개인 정보도 제공하지 않을 거라 했고,
2) 구독료의 50%를 요구함.https://t.co/58GIJyQqvr
Apple said to be launching subscription services at March 25 event. now if only it could get the big newspaper publishers to sign on. https://t.co/MPbNbVUqTL
— Ina Fried (@inafried) February 12, 2019
Hey @Apple: I don't want this. You even tried to keep me from deleting the application off of my own machine. I did it anyway because you're bad at keeping people from doing things with their own hardware. Keep this bullshit off of my operating system. https://t.co/3C2OV1FZSh
— Alt US Cyber Command (@AltCyberCommand) February 13, 2019
Apple’s greedy terms for new service reportedly spook publishers https://t.co/3F4yXukRi9
— Cult of Mac (@cultofmac) February 12, 2019
Don’t do this.
— Scott Smith (@ourmaninchicago) February 13, 2019
Signed,
Me and everyone else who remembers how iTunes and the iPad we’re going to “save” print media https://t.co/W6GM5MJxC8
Apple loves journalism so very much, it wants to give news organisations a deal that is even worse than the one it gave the music industry.
— Wolfgang Blau (@wblau) February 13, 2019
One day, pubs will hold the advantage.
— George P. Slefo (@GeorgeSlefo) February 12, 2019
One day. https://t.co/fY2NPOKzTG
これ、どう考えても成功する気がしないんだけど… - Publishers Chafe at Apple’s Terms for Subscription News Service https://t.co/BnG1r94e81
— J (@j17sf) February 13, 2019
マジか。アップルのiPhone内のNewsがサブスクになるかもと。Apple will reportedly reveal its news subscription service next month https://t.co/5Vbi6vuYYx
— Ayako Miyazaki (@sdfg158) February 13, 2019
Apple’s iOS update makes it easier to get to your subscriptions: https://t.co/znDzuWF6iO
— Sarah Perez (@sarahintampa) February 13, 2019
2/ kicking you the crumbs. ?? I don't agree with this split. It's unfair to publishers. But it exceeds the boundaries of hypocrisy when these publishers are complaining to Apple at the front door while screwing photographers at the back door. https://t.co/97vWIXVNwS
— Todd Bigelow Photo (@ToddBigPhoto) February 13, 2019
Apple would take HALF of the subscription fee. This would also make Apple even more of a kingmaker in online news industry. How Apple News picks stories deserves more scrutiny. https://t.co/gwxt06vfJs
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) February 13, 2019
Seriously, #Apple? Nothing the #iPhone can do is worth 50% of a publishers revenue! https://t.co/pqYXCvBiaa
— Nik Hewitt (@nikhewitt) February 13, 2019
Apple reportedly demanding a staggering 50 percent of revenue with ‘Netflix for news’ subscription https://t.co/qvxhqkGHZM pic.twitter.com/S16Yb2PL8F
— Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) February 13, 2019
Unlikely to make an appearance: next generation Airpods, or that rumored new iPad Mini. https://t.co/Di90axFjMQ
— John Paczkowski (@JohnPaczkowski) February 12, 2019
"Spotify for news" sounds good until you realise the actual comparison is dozens of artists releasing cover versions of the same song every morning and desperately trying to get the algorithm to put their version ahead of everyone elses
— Alastair Coote (@_alastair) February 13, 2019
This piece is so wildly flawed. Particularly because it assumes readers have made a choice about using Apple News when really it is designed as a dark pattern to stumble upon. It is UX as trap. https://t.co/FulcVnqAEA
— Joshua Topolsky (@joshuatopolsky) February 13, 2019
I'd think one of the main motivations for paying for news today is a sense of doing the right thing. Which leaves the question, why would people pay for Apple's news service if publishers get an even worse deal? https://t.co/cTjZn0uDrM
— Calum Cameron (@calumcameron) February 13, 2019
We want AirPower not disproportionate financial power over the media https://t.co/LYloQK6Nda
— Lucas Matney (@lucasmtny) February 12, 2019
*Apple thinks it can get 50% from newspapers for its news app bc it is already getting 50% from magazines.
— Peter Kafka (@pkafka) February 13, 2019
*Mag publishers like apple’s “make it up on volume” pitch
*Newspapers don’t.
*I don’t think this gets solved by launch. https://t.co/iqQ0xs091B
Apple Event Planned for March 25 Around a News Subscription Product. ?
— Parallax (@parallax) February 13, 2019
If you’re an ad-revenue relying publisher right now, this is well worth keeping an eye on. https://t.co/YeJaUjt3kv pic.twitter.com/rOTW3YmLcq
„Netflix for News“ is coming - und Publisher sind „pissed“... https://t.co/h7JWSOWsOc
— Felix Hooss (@hozie) February 13, 2019
Appleの予定する定額ニュース購読サービス、月額10ドルでうち50%がAppleの取り分
— 山本@デレステP (@kawa_dere) February 13, 2019
▶︎Apple Plans News Event For March 25（BuzzFeed） https://t.co/bdwNqcHG4f
Apple Plans News Event For March 25 https://t.co/UjiUpiNR5w @johnpaczkowskiさんから
— Root Flag (@rootflag) February 13, 2019
Appleがニュースのサブスクリプションサービスを3月25日に発表とUSのBuzzFeed Newsが報道。
— 千葉 雄登 (@ForzaYuto) February 13, 2019
Apple Plans News Event For March 25https://t.co/EpsYa4ulaT
Apple Plans News Event For March 25 https://t.co/7wqP7P4Odg pic.twitter.com/XAJNjw1QsM
— Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) February 13, 2019
I have nothing to say specific to this @JohnPaczkowski report, but will say, in general, Apple takes as much care in making their media events accessible to disabled people as they do their products. Interesting story fodder maybe one day; it’s impressive. https://t.co/ecDIki9sMh
— Steven Aquino (@steven_aquino) February 13, 2019
Next @Apple Event reportedly set for March 25th via @BuzzFeed! https://t.co/QgBnARhyT5
— Brian Tong (@briantong) February 12, 2019
Controlled leak by Apple. Notice they made sure to set lack of AirPods and iPad Mini expectations. (Which kinda confirms the Mini in a way.)
— Ryan Jones (@rjonesy) February 12, 2019
Better be more than a News service announced.... If it’s TV, better have major live networks. https://t.co/QuBlzBhe2d
Today's @FortuneTech newsletter brought to you by @jeffjohnroberts and curated by yours truly—"Why we can't have nice trains." https://t.co/GyGQ03V5JL
— Robert Hackett (@rhhackett) February 13, 2019
Kill Spotify a.k.a. Readers' Digest But For News. Deaggregate your feed and un-un-bundle your subscriptions. Sit down and read a whole physical product crafted by human editors. Make decisions about the publications you value and buy subscriptions to them. https://t.co/LpMYLaV1jA
— Ari Schulman (@AriSchulman) February 13, 2019
Apple wants to stream news, but what will this do to all of the different publishers? People will put ads on Apple's news streaming site instead of theirs... struggling to see the benefit of partnering with Apple here #BCSTT https://t.co/N7FMdN1JfD
— Madison Kirby (@madisonkirby21) February 13, 2019