Apple Announces News App for iPhone & iPad
Delivers News in a Beautiful & Uncluttered Format
SAN FRANCISCO — June 8, 2015 — Apple® today unveiled an all-new
News app delivering the best news reading experience on any mobile
device. Available with iOS 9 this fall for iPhone® and iPad®, News
combines the visually rich layout of a magazine with the immediacy and
customization of digital media. News follows over a million topics and
pulls relevant stories based on your specific interests that can be
easily shared or saved for later — without compromising your privacy.
News is powered by the new custom-designed Apple News Format™, a digital
publishing format that allows publishers to create beautiful layouts.
“News seamlessly delivers the articles you want to read in a
beautiful and uncluttered format, while respecting your privacy,
because Apple doesn’t share your personal data,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s
senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. “We already
have nearly 20 publishers representing more than 50 titles joining us,
including Condé Nast, ESPN, The New York Times, Hearst, Time Inc., CNN
and Bloomberg.”
News conveniently collects all the stories you want to read in
one place, in a customized newsfeed called For You. Readers can see the
publisher channels and topics they’re following in Favorites, and to
discover new content, Explore makes great suggestions based on what
you’ve already read. The more you read, the more personalized the News
app becomes, refining the selection of stories delivered to your iPhone
or iPad.
Apple News Format allows publishers to create stories that look
beautiful and take advantage of the full power of iOS. Content can
include photos and galleries, audio, video, maps and rich interactions
such as parallax and animation. When publishers create their stories for
News, content comes alive with custom fonts and intuitive Multi-Touch™
gestures. Apple News Format automatically customizes the layout for each
screen size, so News content looks great on both iPhone and iPad.
“Condé Nast’s premium content deserves a premium mobile
experience and the News app delivers that,” said Bob Sauerberg,
President of Condé Nast. “News offers an environment that combines the
rich, immersive design of our photography, artwork and editorial
expertise with the interactivity and dynamism of digital media — it’s
stunning.”
“ESPN fans are incredibly engaged in the way they consume our content,
so the more vibrant experience we can offer, the happier they’ll be,”
said John Skipper, President of ESPN Inc. and Co-Chairman of Disney
Media Networks. “We’ve seen incredible success with our ESPN apps on
iOS, and News is only going to make a richer, more personal experience
for our readers so they can stay up-to-date on the sports news that
matters to them.”
Publishers interested in signing up can visit www.icloud.com/newspublisher with
additional publishing tools available later this year. iOS 9 will be
available this fall as a free software update for iPhone 4s and later,
iPod touch® 5th generation, iPad 2 and later, iPad mini™ and later.
Features are subject to change. Some features may not be available in
all regions or all languages.
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the
introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in
innovation with iPhone, iPad, the Mac and Apple Watch. Apple’s three
software platforms — iOS, OS X and watchOS — provide seamless
experiences across all Apple devices and empower people with
breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay
and iCloud. Apple’s 100,000 employees are dedicated to making the best
products on earth, and to leaving the world better than we found it.
Press Contacts:
Christine Monaghan
Apple
(408) 974-8850
Jacqueline Roy
Apple
(408) 862-4386
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