Apple's (AAPL) bold foray into the world of digital publishing could
make it the online gatekeeper for newspaper and magazine content, just
as it is for music. But for a plan ostensibly designed to help ailing
print publishers sign up new readers and thrive in the digital jungle,
the Cupertino giant's new subscription model has met with push-back
from the industry, mixed reviews from analysts, and rants from
bloggers calling the company everything from monopolist to Mafioso.
"Apple envisions a world,'' Forrester Research analyst James McQuivey
told the BBC, "in which people don't consume any kind of digital media
without its help." http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_17743370
make it the online gatekeeper for newspaper and magazine content, just
as it is for music. But for a plan ostensibly designed to help ailing
print publishers sign up new readers and thrive in the digital jungle,
the Cupertino giant's new subscription model has met with push-back
from the industry, mixed reviews from analysts, and rants from
bloggers calling the company everything from monopolist to Mafioso.
"Apple envisions a world,'' Forrester Research analyst James McQuivey
told the BBC, "in which people don't consume any kind of digital media
without its help." http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_17743370
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