MEN: Manchester Evening News launches iPhone news app

The Manchester Evening News (MEN) has become one of the first UK regional titles to launch a news application for the iPhone.

The free-to-download app, which was launched on October 2, has already been downloaded 1,000 times, according to an MEN report.

MEN, which has a mobile site, will tap into smartphone users with the app and also encourage users to share news items on Twitter and Facebook.

A short video of the app, which was developed by Spreed Inc – who also created Canadian newspaper the Globe and Mail’s iPhone app, can be seen below:

Full story at this link…

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NME launches new paid-for iPhone app

NME has launched a new application for the iPhone – at 59p a download.

The application will offer users ‘iconic images’ from the magazine and photos from the app can also be bought. The bought images can be uploaded to Facebook or saved to your mobile, a release from publisher IPC explained.

The application has been developed by Umee using their Umee Mobile for iPhone platform.

NME recently launched another app for iPhone, the NME Radio app, which enabled users to purchase and download songs as they are played on the station.

Today’s launch follows recent iPhone app releases by several publishers. The Financial Times launched its iPhone app in July. It provided registered users with access to 10 articles a month and access for paying subscribers to more articles and market tracking tools.

Related reading on Journalism.co.uk: ‘iPhone apps: To charge or not to charge?’

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NMA: Dennis trialling paid-for iPhone app

Another publisher signing up to the to-pay-or-not-to-pay iPhone debate: Dennis Publishing is planning to launch an iPhone app for its e-magazine Monkey.

The app will cost £1.79 and, if successful, could spawn similar applications for Android and Blackberry devices, according to NMA.

Full story at this link…

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Monday Note: Why paid news on mobile could work

Frederic Filoux looks at the success of iPhone apps from news organisations – the fastest growing segment of iPhone apps, according to recent research – and the Associated Press’ Mobile News Network, which also makes use of smartphone technology.

What is more, argues Filoux, while none of the media apps are paid-for, the relatively new App Purchase feature allows transactions (e.g. buying books, music) from within an application.

“In theory, with Apple’s infrastructure (and cash register) at the ready, the App Purchase is the tool of choice for a subscription based system. With the current (and durable) collapse of the advertising on the internet, and the difficulty to push ads on a mobile, paid-for mobile content is undoubtedly a key component of new business models,” he writes.

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The Independent’s new iPhone news app

The Independent has launched a new app for the iPhone, it announced on its own site.

“Once launched the App automatically downloads all the articles and images for offline reading, talking around a minute on a Wi-Fi connection and a few minutes on a standard mobile connection, making it possible to read the latest Independent news even when without mobile reception. Articles can be read while the download continues.”

The app includes 12 categories of articles, among them: World and UK news, Sport, Business, Football, Opinion, People, Politics, Technology, Arts and Entertainment and Environment.

Full announcement at this link…

App at this link.

The Independent launched its mobile site in early July.

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ReadWriteWeb: How a baseball iPhone app could create a new media model

RWW looks at MLB.com’s iPhone app, which has just added a feature to stream live video.

At $10, fans of the sport are downloading the app to gain access to stats and data – a new revenue stream for other media?

“The emphasis on statistics, the extensive reporting infrastructure that baseball already has built out and the ‘wow factor’ of the iPhone’s interface are all things that other established media outlets have an opportunity to emulate,” writes Marshall Kirkpatrick.

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New Yorker: New Yorker cover designed with iPhone ‘finger-painting’ app

This week’s cover of the New Yorker was drawn by Jorge Colombo using an iPhone application called Brushes – akin to finger-painting. Watch the video below to see Colombo at work:

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Folio: Publishers relishing iPhone apps

Magazine publishers are realising the potential of iPhone apps to promote their content and title, but also to create innovative revenue streams.

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Advancing The Story: Why Missouri J-School is asking students to have iPhones

While iPhones could be a tool for students to experiment with mobile journalism, the journalism school at the University of Missouri is making the device a requirement for new students for another reason entirely: the institute is going to make its lectures available for free on iTunes.

Is this requirement necessary, asks Deborah Potter, especially if students can access them through iTunes.

But a good free resource for non-Missouri students too.

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