The Daily

The Daily Has an Angry Birds App — And the Start of a Custom Publishing Business

Peter Kafka in Media on March 14 at 10:20 am PT

New media, old business model: Use your existing publishing infrastructure to make stuff for other people.

Microsoft Disputes Report of Office for iPad

John Paczkowski in Media on February 21 at 12:29 pm PT

“The Daily story is based on inaccurate rumors and speculation. We have no further comment.”

News Corp.’s Carey: Hacking Scandal Made for a Difficult Year (Video)

John Paczkowski in Dive Into Media on January 31 at 7:07 pm PT

News Corp COO Chase Carey addressed phone hacking, SOPA and digital distribution in a discussion with Walt Mossberg at D: Dive Into Media. And he did it all with a fantastic mustache.

News Byte

A Year After iPad Launch, News Corp.’s Daily Comes to (Some) Google Tablets

Peter Kafka in Media on January 10 at 9:01 am PT

A year after it launched on Apple’s iPad (and much later than AllThingsD had reported), News Corp.’s Daily tablet newspaper has made it to Google’s Android. It will come preloaded on some tablet models marketed via Verizon Wireless, starting with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 this month. Verizon was a launch sponsor for the Daily a year ago; News Corp. also owns this Web site.

Not the iPad 3 or New TV — But Apple Planning Media-Related Event in the Big(ger) Apple This Month

Kara Swisher in Media on January 2 at 1:07 pm PT

Not the big one, but it’s an Apple event, so everyone will get excited anyway.

News Byte

Advertiser Reveals Rupert Murdoch’s Daily iPad Numbers

Peter Kafka in Media on September 28, 2011 at 1:36 pm PT

The Daily, Rupert Murdoch’s once-hyped iPad newspaper, has 120,000 readers a week, according to a media buyer who works with the publication. An executive at Zenith Optimedia told Bloomberg that the 120,000 figure includes both paid subscribers and free visitors. That circulation figure, Bloomberg notes, puts the paper at the same level as the Toledo, Ohio, daily Blade. News Corp. also owns this Web site.

Apple CEO Tim Cook Promotes Media Guru Eddy Cue

Peter Kafka in Media on September 1, 2011 at 8:01 am PT

Cook’s first org chart move confirms what the media world already knew: Cue is one of the industry’s most powerful men.

AOL Nearly Ready With Editions: The App for When You Crap

Ina Fried in Mobile on July 29, 2011 at 1:45 pm PT

The company is getting close to releasing its online magazine, at least if the toilet paper in the company’s restrooms is to be believed.

Jon Stewart on Rupert Murdoch, Wendi Deng, and The Pie. And, of Course, Fox News (Video).

Peter Kafka in Media on July 20, 2011 at 5:32 am PT

Plus a bonus PhoneGate clip: Stephen Colbert hands over his stage to the New York Times’ David Carr.

Hulu Plays Along With Apple’s New Rules. Who’s Next?

Peter Kafka in Media on June 20, 2011 at 5:48 am PT

Apple’s new subscription rules mean publishers like Hulu have a choice: Give Apple 30 percent of new sales, or make it less easy for users to buy your content. Hulu went for option B. Now let’s see what Netflix, Rhapsody and Amazon do.