APPLE LAUNCHES ITS OWN DAILY NEWS PODCASTS

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Thu 16 July 2020:
Apple on Wednesday launched its own news podcasts. For the roles of co-hosts, Apple has enlisted the help of two journalists with audio reporting bonafides: former WNYC hosts Shumita Basu and Duarte Geraldino. The podcast will run Monday to Friday mornings and it will be available in Apple’s News and Podcasts apps. The briefing will cover the day’s news in under 10 minutes.
Apple is also creating audio versions of print stories that will be available in Apple News+, the company’s subscription service that provides users with access to top magazines and newspapers. Apple’s team of editors will produce about 20 audio stories per week narrated by professional voice actors. They will only be available to Apple News+ subscribers in the US at launch. Publishers, which include Essence, Esquire, Fast Company, GQ, New York Magazine among others, are compensated based on engagement.
Apple is adding an Audio tab to its News app that will be home to the Apple News Today podcast and its new audio stories. The audio features also are available on Apple’s CarPlay system.

“Apple News showcases so much great journalism, and we’re excited to help bring it to life in new ways with Apple News+ audio stories and a new daily news show,” said editor-in-chief Lauren Kern.

The narrated pieces are available to Apple News+ subscribers in the US.

Apple News Today briefings can be listened to for free.

Apple said it has also begun curating local news collections in a handful of US areas, and that it had added “more top local and regional news outlets” to its roster of partners.

“Our new local news feature highlights their work for readers who live, and are interested, in those communities,” Kern said.

Apple News has more than 125 million monthly active users in Australia, Britain, Canada and the US.

The subscription version, Apple News+, costs $10 a month in the US and offers access to content from hundreds of magazines and newspapers around the world.

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