Apple News+ Adds New York Times’ The Athletic Sports Content — but Newspaper’s Other Articles Are Still Unavailable in the App
19.12.2023 - 13:56
/ variety.com
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor The New York Times Co. inked a deal with Apple to add The Athletic‘s full sports coverage to the Apple News+ subscription bundle. In addition, the Times’ Wirecutter product reviews will be available for free to all Apple News users beginning early next year.
However, articles from the New York Times Co.’s namesake newspaper remain unavailable in the tech giant’s popular Apple News app. The NYT Co. ended its partnership to provide articles from the Times to Apple News in 2020, saying at the time that the Apple News model did not fit with the company’s need for “a direct path” from digital platforms for sending “readers back into our environments, where we control the presentation of our report, the relationships with our readers and the nature of our business rules.” The New York Times Co.
acquired The Athletic in January 2022 for $550 million. This July, the newspaper shut down its sports desk and said it would bring a bigger selection of The Athletic’s stories to the core publication. Full access to The Athletic’s stories is available only to subscribers.
Currently, the site offers new subscribers 12 months for $1/month, with the rate going up to $7.99/month thereafter. Meanwhile, the New York Times’ All Access plan (which includes The Athletic) is $25/month after an introductory $4/month deal for the first six months. The Athletic has more than 450 full-time writers, editors and producers.
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