Apple unveils "Apple News+" and magazine subscription service

Apple says its News app is already the category leader in the App Store, and today it announced a new subscription service called “News+” that includes 300 magazines, as well as the L.A. Times and the Wall Street Journal.

Notably missing from the service, however, are the New York Times, and the Washington Post. However, one analyst told me that there’s a good chance those publications will be added later.

The magazine section of the News+ service goes heavy on the art and photography. In the app, a Today tab contains curated recommendations for magazines and articles. The News+ contains a broader look at all the magazines available.

A Following tabs contains the user’s favorite magazines, and recent content from those titles. The magazine articles feature prominent cover art, with the full table of contents underneath.

The News+ subscription is available today inside the regular Apple News app via an update to the app. (Fast Company is one of the offerings in the Apple News newsstand.)

Video

Impact

What price should New York’s congestion charge be?

Is the Gates Foundation putting toilets ahead of human rights?

Amazon employee activists say the company’s big climate pledge is good—but not enough

Creativity

Jim Gaffigan goes dark in his new movie, but the darkness was already there

Patagonia enlists teen activists to speak out for Global Climate Strike campaign

Burger King is melting down plastic toys to recycle them into something actually useful

Co.Design

Here’s how the design industry is mobilizing for the Climate Strike

These AI-generated people are coming to kill stock photography

The story behind the viral graphic that electrified the climate movement

Work Life

3 ways to make better decisions for your career

How these professionals built a successful remote career

Go ahead and tell your most embarrassing story. It will boost your creativity