Google is attempting to get support from publishers of magazines and newspaper publisher for a digital newsstand targeted at users of smartphones and tab feed the Android operating system , according to areport in The Wall Street Journal .
The newsstand to be maneuver by Google will include apps from media company , offer version of their publications for these devices , the report card said citing people familiar with the matter .
The venture will pit Google against a number of company that are offer digital variant of publications , including Amazon.com through its Kindle storehouse and Apple with its App Store storehouse .
Google is already competing with these companies with its launch in December of theGoogle eBookstore . Its books are compatible with a smorgasbord of devices including the Nook from Barnes & Noble , the Sony Reader , and the iPad , iPhone , andiPod touchfrom Apple , and are also compatible with a Web - based reader , Google said in December . In line with Google ’ strategy , the newsstand may also support a variety of readers besides Android .
However , the details of the newsstand venture and its timing are vague , and it may not materialize , the reputation say , quoting media executives who have talked to Google .
A Google spokesman in India said there was nothing specific to partake in on the outlet .
“ We ’ve systematically sound out we ’re speak with publishers about ways we can work together , including whether we can aid them with technology for subscription inspection and repair . We have nothing specific to annunciate at this time , ” Google order theWall Street Journal .
Among the range of publisher with whom Google has talk over its plans are Time Warner ’s Time unit , Condé Nast , and Hearst , according to people intimate with the thing , the newspaper tell . The three publishers refuse to annotate on any talk , it added .
Google has told publisher it would take a lesser stinger on sales than rival Apple study on sales through its App Store , according to the report . The company has also offer giving publishers certain personal datum about app buyers to aid with marketing related ware or services , the report added .
Apple was not forthwith usable to comment on the newsworthiness report .
