, 8 tweets, 3 min read Read on Twitter
This is my feature story on how Apple News could screw up journalism's revenue like Facebook did to its traffic. Here's why to be worried: 1/ techcrunch.com/2019/03/26/no-…
Apple News destroys the need to pay individual news outlets. Why pay WSJ $30 when Apple gives you most of it for $10 & pays WSJ a tiny fraction. This "good enough" strategy is how Instagram Stories destroyed Snapchat's growth. 2/
Apple News+ severs the reader/publisher relationship. Publishers
-Don't get email addresses, CC numbers, bio data
-Can't freely promote conference tix, newsletters, merch, other posts
-Have no easily accessible homepage that becomes a habit. 3/
Apple News+ puts publishers at the mercy of a new algorithm that can change at any time. Pubs have no control over visibility that determines their payouts. Apple even recommends competitors on their articles (seen here) 4/
Apple News wasn't even built for news! It acquired magazine app Texture and crammed in newspapers, which are demoted to the bottom like WSJ here. Good luck getting eyeballs. 5/
'Why should I pay for X if I already subscribe to Apple News+?" should haunt every journalist's nightmares. Each deal struck with the devil makes him stronger. 6/
Publishers learned too late that Facebook didn't care about cancelling their traffic. They must resist Apple News+ before it cancels their revenue. Here's my full report on why: techcrunch.com/2019/03/26/no-… 7/
If you care about journalists, sign up for their unfiltered, algorithm-free newsletters, not Apple News+. Oh hey, look who's starting one? *nudge nudge* 8/8 getrevue.co/profile/joshco…
Missing some Tweet in this thread?
You can try to force a refresh.

Like this thread? Get email updates or save it to PDF!

Subscribe to Josh Constine
Profile picture

Get real-time email alerts when new unrolls are available from this author!

This content may be removed anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just three indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!