Rupert Murdoch and Steve Jobs to unveil The Daily on Jan. 19

January 11, 2011 By Aemon Malone

Steve Jobs is expected to be on hand next week to give his blessing to Murdoch's digital-only publication.

Steve Jobs will join News Corps. CEO Rupert Murdoch next week to announce the launch of The Daily for the iPad, according to Yahoo’s blog The Cutline. The event is expected to take place at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art on Wednesday, January 19, but the date may change according to the report. Neither News Corps. nor Apple have officially acknowledged that the event is taking place.

Reports that News Corps. was working on a tablet publication first appeared late last summer. In late November of last year, we learned that Murdoch’s publication was going to be named “The Daily” and would be offered for the weekly subscription price of $0.99. It’s expected that The Daily will debut first for Apple’s iPad with launches possible for other tablet platforms occurring at a later dates.

Murdoch has invested heavily in the project, reportedly committing $30 million to The Daily’s development. The project is being run by former New York Post editor Jesse Angelo and is backed by a cadre of seasoned journalists.

Despite the investment in both money and personnel, a subscription-based iPad publication is far from a sure fire hit. But even a small degree of success would go a long way in proving that old media may have reason to be hopeful about the burgeoning tablet market.

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jona at 11:13pm 24th July 2011 Rupert Murdoch is somewhat a great guy but the News of the Planet cell phone hacking scandal brought Rupert Murdoch before British Parliament, and a critic with a cream pie was expecting him. But the real news was the woman in Murdoch's corner. Wendi Deng, 42, struck back like a tiger. Her damaging left hook, right-handed palm strike and burning nature have catapulted Deng to the name of “Tiger Mom,” replacing reporter Amy Chua's stern matriarch. Here is the proof: <a title="Cream pie attacker jammed by Wendi Deng" href="http://www.newsytype.com/9139-tiger-mom-wendi-deng/">Tiger Mom Wendi Deng smacks down Murdoch cream pie assailant. This guy is lucky to have the "Tiger Mom" with him.
Bryce at 7:45am 11th January 2011 21No man also seweth a piece of anew cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. 22And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles. This will fail. But, hey, I don't care for Apple anyway, so I say go for it!