Google starts content subscription service
Google starts content subscription service
Plan allows publishers to charge for digital content. 17 Feb 2011 8:23 AM
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App Store Open to Subscriptions as Long as Apple Gets Its Bite
Apple has announced a new subscription service that will be available to all content-based apps on the App Store. This includes magazines, newspapers, videos, music and more. Apple will process payments and keep a 30 percent share as it does with current App Store sales. However, if a publisher should sell a subscription on its own site and then route it to the App Store, Apple would not collect …
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Google undercuts ‘shortsighted’ Apple as publishers rebel
Google has moved to undercut Apple in app subscriptions as Apple faces a backlash from publishers for being too restrictive and taking too big a cut of revenue.
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