Apple's Steve Jobs to appear onstage with Rupert Murdoch Jan. 19 - report
Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs will appear onstage alongside media mogul and News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch in San Francisco on Jan. 19 to unveil the new tablet-only newspaper The Daily for iPad.
First reported by Yahoo's The Cutline, Jobs and Murdoch will share the stage at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. While it is currently expected to take place on Jan. 19, the report cautioned that the date is subject to change.
"Known as The Daily, Murdoch's iPad publication has been the talk of the media world over the past couple months, and the News Corp. chief has even dubbed it is 'No. 1 most exciting project,'" the report said. "The hush-hush project has been taking shape at the company's Manhattan headquarters, but it will also have staffers in Los Angeles."
Murdoch has reportedly spent $30 million the project, hiring a team of respected journalists from a variety of publications including The New Yorker, the Daily Beast, Forbes and Politico.
The news that Jobs and Murdoch will share the stage in San Francisco was also independently confirmed by Reuters. Prior to that, Forbes revealed the supposedly planned Jan. 19 launch date.
Staffers at The Daily have allegedly been doing full-scale dry runs for the publication for weeks, producing "dummy issues" for an exclusive test readership of about 1,000. It is believed that the publication could debut alongside a new version of Apple's iOS mobile operating system, which would allow recurring application subscriptions through software sold on the App Store.
The Daily is rumored to have a cost of 99 cents per week, and will allegedly use a new application programming interface in an updated version of iOS that will allow publications to be automatically updated on an iPad. That way a user could open the application and see up-to-date news and articles without a need to download the latest content.
First reported by Yahoo's The Cutline, Jobs and Murdoch will share the stage at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. While it is currently expected to take place on Jan. 19, the report cautioned that the date is subject to change.
"Known as The Daily, Murdoch's iPad publication has been the talk of the media world over the past couple months, and the News Corp. chief has even dubbed it is 'No. 1 most exciting project,'" the report said. "The hush-hush project has been taking shape at the company's Manhattan headquarters, but it will also have staffers in Los Angeles."
Murdoch has reportedly spent $30 million the project, hiring a team of respected journalists from a variety of publications including The New Yorker, the Daily Beast, Forbes and Politico.
The news that Jobs and Murdoch will share the stage in San Francisco was also independently confirmed by Reuters. Prior to that, Forbes revealed the supposedly planned Jan. 19 launch date.
Staffers at The Daily have allegedly been doing full-scale dry runs for the publication for weeks, producing "dummy issues" for an exclusive test readership of about 1,000. It is believed that the publication could debut alongside a new version of Apple's iOS mobile operating system, which would allow recurring application subscriptions through software sold on the App Store.
The Daily is rumored to have a cost of 99 cents per week, and will allegedly use a new application programming interface in an updated version of iOS that will allow publications to be automatically updated on an iPad. That way a user could open the application and see up-to-date news and articles without a need to download the latest content.
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That kinda taints Steve imho to appear on stage with Murdoch.
Birds of a feather, dude. All they want is cash. As much and as quick as possible.
Birds of a feather, dude. All they want is cash. As much and as quick as possible.
Maybe they should go into business or something.
Birds of a feather, dude. All they want is cash. As much and as quick as possible.
Yep, that $1 a year salary SJ demands is pure greed.
That kinda taints Steve imho to appear on stage with Murdoch. But so be it, if this inspires other smaller publishers to use the ipad as a viable business option...
What taints Jobs about this is it's going to be a colossal and embarrassing failure. Nobody wants periodicals. We have the web now. It's better. There is literally no argument that periodicals are superior to the Web.
It's over, the Web won. Murdoch is a fool if he can't see it.
It would also be cool if the vast majority of the production of The Daily was done on iPads.
I just can't see iPads hooked up to digital print systems somehow but you never know.
The journalists on the other hand I can see using them a lot.
What taints Jobs about this is it's going to be a colossal and embarrassing failure. Nobody wants periodicals. We have the web now. It's better. There is literally no argument that periodicals are superior to the Web.
It's over, the Web won. Murdoch is a fool if he can't see it.
That is why I am fascinated to see this. SJ doesn't make too many mistakes.
Ick, Steve. Ick.
Maybe they should go into business or something.
They are in business together.
Steve makes the razors.
Rupert makes the blades.
Make no mistake Apple is the new middleman.
As the world goes digital, Apple is the WALMART for digital content.
Digital pimp, b!tchesi
They are in business together.
Steve makes the razors.
Rupert makes the blades.
Make no mistake Apple is the new middleman.
As the world goes digital, Apple is the WALMART for digital content.
Digital pimp, b!tchesi
Apple ... a middle man? You jest I assume!
Yep, that $1 a year salary SJ demands is pure greed.
He's got you fooled, eh? You think that's his total compensation? Or do you think maybe his accountants have figured out how to defer income, and thereby defer taxes? Could it be?
JOBS, STEVEN P'S COMPENSATION
SALARY\t$0.00 * mil \t \t\t
BONUS N/A
OTHER\t$646.60 mil
STOCK GAINS\tNA \t
TOTAL COMPENSATION\t$646.60 mil \t
Additionally, he owns over a half a billion dollars worth of Apple stock.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/12/...Jobs_HEDB.html
Ick. Murdoch only became American so that he could get around our laws to apply his sleaze to our media. 'Mission Accomplished.'
Ick, Steve. Ick.
I couldn't agree more. WTH was Steve thinking.
He's got you fooled, eh? You think that's his total compensation? Or do you think maybe his accountants have figured out how to defer income, and thereby defer taxes? Could it be?
JOBS, STEVEN P'S COMPENSATION
SALARY\t$0.00 * mil \t \t\t
BONUS N/A
OTHER\t$646.60 mil
STOCK GAINS\tNA \t
TOTAL COMPENSATION\t$646.60 mil \t
Additionally, he owns over a half a billion dollars worth of Apple stock.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/12/...Jobs_HEDB.html
Not sure why I am even bothering since you are obviously one of the people who comes here routinely using different accounts for no purpose other than to pick fights.
I doubt anyone is fooled by the $1 pay - certainly not the people on this forum. Quite frankly, I wish more executives' compensation was stock-related so their fortunes were aligned with the company's performance.
He's got you fooled, eh? You think that's his total compensation? Or do you think maybe his accountants have figured out how to defer income, and thereby defer taxes? Could it be?
JOBS, STEVEN P'S COMPENSATION
SALARY\t$0.00 * mil \t \t\t
BONUS N/A
OTHER\t$646.60 mil
STOCK GAINS\tNA \t
TOTAL COMPENSATION\t$646.60 mil \t
Additionally, he owns over a half a billion dollars worth of Apple stock.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/12/...Jobs_HEDB.html
Hate to break it to you, but you pay taxes on stock dividends, bonuses, and other forms of compensation. I have to pay them every year.
He's got you fooled, eh? You think that's his total compensation? Or do you think maybe his accountants have figured out how to defer income, and thereby defer taxes? Could it be?
JOBS, STEVEN P'S COMPENSATION
SALARY\t$0.00 * mil \t \t\t
BONUS N/A
OTHER\t$646.60 mil
STOCK GAINS\tNA \t
TOTAL COMPENSATION\t$646.60 mil \t
Additionally, he owns over a half a billion dollars worth of Apple stock.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/12/...Jobs_HEDB.html
Man he can get paid a billion a year as far as I'm concerned and be worth every penny. I was only being light hearted with the $1 comment.
What taints Jobs about this is it's going to be a colossal and embarrassing failure. Nobody wants periodicals. We have the web now. It's better. There is literally no argument that periodicals are superior to the Web.
It's over, the Web won. Murdoch is a fool if he can't see it.
I wouldn't be so quick to write him off. Like him or hate him, News Corp's WSJ is the only newspaper to have increased its circulation while others have seen double-digit drops.