News on the iPhone will be charged
Süddeutsche Zeitung and Berliner collect for news
In times of declining conditions, the publishers are trying not only to supplement savings programs, but also with new sources of revenue their balance sheets. After paying sites had only moderate success, the trend now seems to be news-fee software for smartphones. Especially well loved are applications for the iPhone from Apple.
Two newspapers to make a beginning
As the media “Kress” and “DWDL” report is an alliance of the quality press and Boulevard, the vanguard for fee-News Apps: Both the “Sueddeutsche Zeitung” (SZ) and the “BZ” should work to make appropriate applications.
Local news for customers B.Z.
The “BZ” program initially will cost once per month in 2010 and 79 cents. For this fee you get in addendum to the regular news on demand content such as photo spreads or other local news identified by GPS location.
