The App Store has experienced slow but steady ontogeny of subscription - base publications since Apple announced the iOS feature in February . On Monday , Bloomberg contribute to the stack by releasing a Bloomberg Businessweek+ app .
Bloomberg Businessweek+ is a multimedia system edition of the hebdomadal magazine center on all things business , contrive for the iPad . you could read a full digital version of the cartridge clip that is optimize for both landscape and portrait viewing , and exclusive video for each issue offers interview with editors and the creative director about the feature story and excogitation process for the back . Tapping on a company name in any clause will display the latest market information and newsworthiness about it .
you may customize your archive to keep certain issue just a water tap away . schoolbook can be resized , and articles can be shared via the typical option of Twitter , Facebook , and tocopherol - mail .
Apple ’s subscription features for iOS apps have been adjoin with interracial reactions , but Oke Okaro , Bloomberg ’s worldwide head of mobile , toldpaidContentin a recent interview that the publication was “ very proud of with Apple ’s term . ” While some publishing firm have deemed the requirement for iPad and App Store subscriptionstoo braggy to brush off , others have quetch about the opt - in approaching for collect ratifier information , as well as the limited details that Apple take into account publishers to amass about client .
Some overhaul provider , such as Rhapsody , have called Apple ’s pattern “ economically untenable , ” since they can not afford to pay Apple 30 percent of their revenue in addition to their content licensing agreements . Amazon , a company that might be in a standardised situation to Rhapsody with its Kindle leger study app and store , has yet to update its app or comment on Apple ’s subscription rules . However , there is some debate as to whether Apple ’s rules will apply to companionship like Rhapsody and Amazon .
accord to one of Steve Jobs ’s aver e - ring mail reply to customer , subscriptions are only for publishers , not Software as a Service ( SaaS ) providers . So far , though , Apple has yet to clarify its subscription terms to help delimit whether they will affect apps , services , and store from company like Rhapsody and Amazon . In their current loop , Apple ’s linguistic rule demand all relevant apps to comply by June 30 .
With Bloomberg ’s release on Monday , Businessweek link a grow list of subscription - based apps in the store , including Spin Play , Popular Science , Elle , Maxim Magazine , Nylon , and more .
