The information comes from the New York Times. 48 hours after Apple's Keynote on March 25, 2019, its new Apple News + service already had more than 200,000 subscribers. This is already more than the Texture service bought by the Apple and which is the base of the application Apple News +.
Apple News + starts pretty well in the US and Canada
The 200,000 subscribers are undoubtedly - in part - the result of the clever promotion campaign Apple has exceeded its own rules to encourage subscriptions to Apple News +, something denounced by the developers of the Apple Store. Still, considering the number of users of iOS devices and macOS, this figure is not very high, but Apple is only at the beginning. We are more than a week away from the Keynote but up-to-date data is not available.
Also, the service is only available in the United States and Canada and to enjoy it on iPhone, you need to have iOS 12.2 installed. Another clarification, the first month of subscription to Apple News + is free. After that, you have to pay $ 9.99 a month. The most important thing is to know how many users actually adopt the service over time.
Finally, the NYT confirms the agreement between Apple and the 300 media and magazines available for the moment in Apple News +. The Cupertino company keeps 50% of the revenue generated by the service and its partners share the rest according to the number of readers of their content. While some big names in the American press have accepted the deal, others are strongly opposed to it. The case of New York Time.
