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Hey publishers: Stop selling “content” and start selling something iPad owners will pay for

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Robb Montgomery
on January 25, 2011
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I wrote this first as an answer to a hot thread on Quora, I am posting it here with links to support my view.

Why would print subscribers get the same newspaper on their iPad for free?

The direct answer to the question is that because, in many cases the same publishers already also offer their ‘print’ content on the Web for free.

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My dear Steve Jobs e-mail RE: Press freedoms and Apple's news censors

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Robb Montgomery
on June 3, 2010
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I just sent this e-mail to Steve Jobs.

Wish me luck that he will reply.

My question is simply this:
Can Apple reconcile Steve Jobs’ support for press freedoms with the fact that they censor news content for apps?

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Use your iPad to design apps for your iPad and iPhone

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on May 29, 2010
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“Use your iPad to design apps for your iPad.”
That is not a typo.

will allow designers to create quick wireframes and mockups for your web, iPhone and iPad projects, using an iPad.

This preview video heralds a wave of new productivity and design-focused apps.

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Will Apple ban newspaper iPhone apps for nudity?

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Robb Montgomery
on May 21, 2010
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CAIRO: Will Apple ban popular newspaper apps from the iPhone App store?

UPDATE: of the Las Vegas Sun tells me that he is worried about his news app being banned. (full quote further down)

Update No. 2. that “The International Federation of the Periodical Press (FIPP) is considering making a complaint to Apple over the computer firm’s request that German publisher Axel Springer censor the naked girls on one of its iPhone apps.”

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Jailbreaking the iPad in the name of journalism

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Jailbreaking the iPad in the name of journalism

Jailbreaking the iPad in the name of journalism
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