USA Today regrets its free iPhone app

The new publisher of the Gannett-owned title, David Hunke, said the digital edition would be emailed daily to subscribers for $10 per month, dropping the price from the existing $13.95 per month and introducing new features.

USA Today is to introduce a digital edition for $10 per month. Photograph: iamtekn/Some rights reserved

The move is part of a drive to increase revenues and readership, with Hunke also pledging to take on the Wall Street Journal plan of targeting business readers in hotel rooms.

Final plans have clearly not yet been finalised, because Hunke couldn't say whether the digital edition would be free to existing print subscribers or extra. But he did say that he regrets not charging for the paper's iPhone app. While the site is likely to remain free, services that add value, like a digital edition or iPhone and Android mobile products could be charged for.

[via The Guardian]

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DailyTech reported in early July that Spanish-owned O2 won exclusive rights to the Apple iPhone in the United Kingdom. There were vague details of revenue sharing bantered about among analysts at the time, but today the concrete details have come to light.

According to The Guardian, Apple will rake in as much as 40 percent of the revenues generated by O2 customers using the iPhone. This is in addition to the commission and revenue sharing imposed by O2's relationship with Carphone Warehouse. Carphone Warehouse will be the sole retailer for O2-based iPhones in the UK.

"I can't imagine any of the operators agreeing to terms like that," said one UK telecom official. "It is an extraordinary number."

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