http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2009/05/06/paidcontentuk-suns-page-3-girls-too-obscene-for-apple-newspaper-app/ Online journalism news Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:16:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2009/05/06/paidcontentuk-suns-page-3-girls-too-obscene-for-apple-newspaper-app/comment-page-1/#comment-36758 Independent.co.uk: iPad may force page 3 girls to cover up | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog Mon, 17 May 2010 09:35:27 +0000 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=10034#comment-36758 [...] Last May we linked to paidContent UK’s report that a newspaper iPhone app was rejected because of its “obscene” page 3 content from the Sun. This year, the Independent on Sunday’s Feral Beast column speculates on the girls’ fate for the iPad app: Bad news for News International as they start charging for online editions: The Sun’s page three girls, whose ranks once numbered Melinda Messenger could be forced to cover up for the iPad. The German tabloid Der Bild has complained of being censored by Apple from running topless girls on its iPad applications software. Apple recently removed the gallery of nude photos from the site of Stern magazine, and forced Bild to put clothes on the “Bild girl”. “Today they censor nipples, tomorrow it’s editorial content,” said a spokeswoman. Rupert will not be happy. [...] [...] Last May we linked to paidContent UK’s report that a newspaper iPhone app was rejected because of its “obscene” page 3 content from the Sun. This year, the Independent on Sunday’s Feral Beast column speculates on the girls’ fate for the iPad app: Bad news for News International as they start charging for online editions: The Sun’s page three girls, whose ranks once numbered Melinda Messenger could be forced to cover up for the iPad. The German tabloid Der Bild has complained of being censored by Apple from running topless girls on its iPad applications software. Apple recently removed the gallery of nude photos from the site of Stern magazine, and forced Bild to put clothes on the “Bild girl”. “Today they censor nipples, tomorrow it’s editorial content,” said a spokeswoman. Rupert will not be happy. [...]

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