Apple Announces Apple News+ $9.99 a Month Subscription Service With Access to Over 300 Publications

Apple today announced Apple News+, a revamped subscription-based ‌Apple News‌ service that includes news and in-depth journalism from well-known publishers and exclusive content from popular newsstand magazine brands.

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Access to over 300 popular magazines, leading newspapers and digital publishers is included in each ‌Apple News‌+ subscription, with topics covering everything from entertainment, fashion and news, to politics, health, lifestyle and travel.

‌Apple News‌+ subscribers can access current and past issues and individual articles from magazines such as The Atlantic, Better Homes & Gardens, Bon Appétit, Condé Nast Traveler, ELLE, Entertainment Weekly, ESPN The Magazine, Esquire, Food & Wine, Good Housekeeping, GQ, Health, InStyle, Martha Stewart Living, National Geographic, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, O, The Oprah Magazine, Parents, People, Real Simple, Rolling Stone, Runner’s World, Sports Illustrated, TIME, Travel + Leisure, Vanity Fair, Vogue, WIRED and Woman’s Day.

In addition, ‌Apple News‌+ includes The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and Toronto Star, Canada’s largest daily newspaper. ‌Apple News‌+ also provides access to premium online publications such as theSkimm, The Highlight by Vox, New York Magazine’s sites Vulture, The Cut and Grub Street, and Extra Crunch from Verizon Media’s TechCrunch.

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As part of the ‌Apple News‌ app, ‌Apple News‌+ showcases magazines in richly designed layouts, featuring animated covers, vivid photography and bold typography optimized for iPhone, iPad and Mac. In the Today and News+ tabs, subscribers will be presented with individual article and issue recommendations based on both editorial curation and personalized suggestions, all while maintaining user privacy.

The News+ tab is split into a My Magazines section with categories such as Browse the Catalog, Featured, Business & Finance, and Travel, all of which are human curated by ‌Apple News‌ editors. According to Apple, all ‌Apple News‌ users in the US, Canada, UK and Australia can continue to enjoy the free news experience within the app on ‌iPhone‌, ‌iPad‌ and Mac, including access to Top Stories, Trending Stories and a personalized feed of articles.


Launching today, ‌Apple News‌+ costs $9.99 a month in the U.S. and $12.99 a month in Canada, where it is available in both English and French. A one-month free trial of the service is also being offered.

Top Rated Comments

Pepe4life Avatar
87 months ago
$13 to read fake news written by art grads? Pass.
Score: 46 Votes (Like | Disagree)
ediks Avatar
87 months ago
nearly 4 years after introduction , apple news still isnt available in europe lol
Score: 31 Votes (Like | Disagree)
dan9700 Avatar
87 months ago
Will never use this
Score: 29 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Iconoclysm Avatar
87 months ago
Yet other subscription... great
This combines about 8 other subscriptions into one for me, and saves a ton of money. Definitely not complaining.
Score: 27 Votes (Like | Disagree)
DoogH Avatar
87 months ago
A subscription service for out-of-date legacy media is something legacy media would want… but not consumers.
Philosophically, I agree with the move.

It disincentives click bait, and encourages content to make money off of time spent reading instead.
Score: 23 Votes (Like | Disagree)
canny Avatar
87 months ago
A subscription service for out-of-date legacy media is something legacy media would want… but not consumers.
Score: 22 Votes (Like | Disagree)