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Rupert Murdoch's iPad-only magazine The Daily, once described as "The
New York Post Goes to College," is now a go. Launched at a New York
event this morning, it pledges to offer "the best of traditional
journalism" with "the best of contemporary technology" like 360 degree
photos and, naturally, lots of fancy multimedia content that is all
pushed directly to the iPad every day. It's priced at $.99 per week or
$39.99 annually and launches today, unsurprisingly with Egypt taking
the "cover" image. The team behind the new-age zine showed off plenty
of that technology, including a magazine-like reading interface,
letting you flip through pages or access a "carousel," that gives you
a higher-level view of the pages for easy, virtual flipping.
The Daily also includes audio versions, with professional voiceover so
you won't have to worry about GPS voice. It also features video
overviews of all the content if you just don't have time for reading
or listening. You can share stuff you like on Twitter or Facebook and
others will be able to read those stories for free via the web, but
not all the content, naturally. The site will offer app reviews and
features with links right to the App Store. Sports fans get full
schedules and news updates for the teams they like. Again, The Daily
launches today, and we're told that the first two weeks will be
courtesy of Verizon. Good on ya, VZW.
Update: It's now available in the App Store.
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