Digital Media

Jobs to join Murdoch for The Daily launch next week

By | Published on Wednesday 12 January 2011

Rupert Murdoch

It is thought Rupert Murdoch and Steve Jobs will share a stage next week for the launch of The Daily, Rupe’s new iPad-only newspaper. One of Murdoch company News Corp’s biggest digital innovations to date, the media mogul reportedly hopes the new subscription-based digital venture – which will only be accessible via the Apple tablet device, and not via the web – might help kick-start a new era of digital media, one where people willingly pay to access content. A launch event is reportedly planned at the San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art a week today. As previously reported, the Virgin Group are also planning an iPad-only magazine, though with more of an entertainment bias than Murdoch’s title.



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