With the launch of Apple News + just over a year ago, the company was setting up its own payment model to access magazines and newspapers. Now, next year, Apple plans to install an audio version of those issues, judging by the information recently released by Digiday. An add-on that wants to offer more than $ 9.99 a month subscription.
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For the past few months, Apple has been asking for books that participate in the premium service to produce audio content types distributed there, according to four different news sources that responded to Apple's request.
According to this information, Apple will bear the cost of production. Also economic compensation It would fit the written content, according to two sources. In other words, 50% of each user's revenue is distributed to the media when that user spends his or her time during the 30-day period.
This commission is higher than that used by Apple in other digital stores. For example, 30% off the App Store too 15% for those services a subscription where a user stays a payment for more than a year. The reason some media contributing to Apple News + has complained in the past.
According to Digiday, there is an obstacle to note in the post. Many of its writers freedom
The release date of this work is unknown. In the event that we come forward, we can look forward to summer afterwards, with a presentation in the WWDC or September.
