The Daily (News Corporation)

The Daily was the world's first iPad-only (with Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Facebook support added later) news app in the United States and Australia, owned by News Corporation.[clarification needed]

The Daily
The front page of the first issue, February 2, 2011
TypeDaily news application
FormatiPad
Owner(s)News Corporation
PublisherGreg Clayman
Editor-in-chiefJesse Angelo
News editorMichael Nizza
Opinion editorRob Herritt
Sports editorChris D'Amico
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.thedaily.com

It was originally planned to launch The Daily in San Francisco on January 19, 2011; however, the launch was delayed by News Corporation and Apple.[1] The Daily was launched on February 2, 2011, at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.[2]

The journal was placed "on watch" in July 2012[3] due to disappointing results. Despite reporting over 100,000 paying subscriptions, the journal was losing an estimated $30 million annually.[4]

On December 3, 2012, News Corporation announced that The Daily would cease operations effective December 15 as part of a reorganization of News Corporation's assets.[5][6] Its URL now redirects to the site of the New York Post.

News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch said The Daily "could not find a large enough audience quickly enough to convince us the business model was sustainable in the long-term".[7]

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The Daily is the first publication that made public the identity of Karen Kraushaar, a former employee of National Restaurant Association who filed accusation of sexual harassment against then CEO of the association and 2012 Republican presidential primaries candidate Herman Cain.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Kafka, Peter (January 13, 2011). "A Delay for the Daily: Apple, News Corp. Push Back Launch Date". All Things Digital. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  2. ^ Horn, Leslie (January 27, 2011). "'The Daily,' News Corp's iPad-only Paper, Launching Feb. 2". PC Magazine. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
  3. ^ Webster, Andrew (12 July 2012). "The Daily reportedly put 'on watch' as News Corp. looks to cut costs". The Verge. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  4. ^ Alex, Wilhelm (14 July 2012). "The Daily's 100,000 subscribers are likely far too few to keep it afloat". The Next Web. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  5. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (December 3, 2012). News Corp. Reveals Details Of Proposed Separation Of Businesses; Entertainment Company To Be Called Fox Group. Deadline.com. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  6. ^ Ingraham, Nathan (3 December 2012). "First iPad-only newspaper 'The Daily' shutting down on December 15th". The Verge. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  7. ^ "Tablet newspaper doomed to fail". 3 News NZ. December 5, 2012.
  8. ^ Moos, Julie. "The Daily names original Herman Cain accuser". Archived from the original on November 11, 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
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