Apple to require in-app subscriptions for periodicals by March 31st, fine print still a bit fuzzy

We knew The Daily was to be just the first drop what’s destined to be a flood of titles with in-app purchases for the iTunes store , but we weren’t quite sure how hard Apple would be twisting the faucet — until now, that is. According to The Wall Street Journal , Cupertino will reject any newspaper or magazine app that doesn’t take subscription payments through the iTunes store. It doesn’t have to be solely Apple’s store — developers can still sell through websites in addition to the mandated in-app option. (If you recall, this is the same issue that Sony Reader for iOS just faced.) There are a few big questions lingering out there: will the 70 / 30 revenue sharing apply? Does the “rejection” apply to apps already in the store like Amazon’s Kindle ? You bet your (virtual) bottom dollar we’ll be finding out soon enough. Apple to require in-app subscriptions for periodicals by March 31st, fine print still a bit fuzzy originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Feb 2011 23:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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