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GtrsRGr8 · 06-26-2019, 04:40 AM

Users of Apple iPhone, iPad, and/or Mac can get a subscription to 200+ magazines for only $9.99/mo. And the first month is free.

The service is called "Apple News+". This was a company called Texture, previously, until Apple acquired them fairly recently (May 2018, I think that it was).

I'm not sure why "News" is in the name, because it looks like news magazines (and newspapers) comprise only a tiny fraction of the media in the collection. There has to be a better place than this, but the closest thing that I have found to being a list of included magazines is on this webpage. Elsewhere I saw that the Wall Street Journal and L.A. Times were two of the news publications included.

One cool feature of the service is that you can share the service with up to 5 other family members!

There are two (well, three, if you count Apple being the owner) negatives that I see. First, this service is for "new subscribers only." If that is to AppleNews+, that might not be very onerous, but if Texture is included that might a bigger problem. Secondly, the plan auto-renews, apparently beginning with the end of the first, trial month.

Still, this amounts to a great deal in my opinion--200+ magazines for only $9.99 a month! That's a huge amount of reading for cheap.

There are probably any number of portals where you can sign up for the service, this is one of them.

06-26-2019, 04:40 AM	#2266
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	200+ Magazines for Only $9.99/Month. Up to 6 Family Members Included. Apple Users. Users of Apple iPhone, iPad, and/or Mac can get a subscription to 200+ magazines for only $9.99/mo. And the first month is free. The service is called "Apple News+". This was a company called Texture, previously, until Apple acquired them fairly recently (May 2018, I think that it was). I'm not sure why "News" is in the name, because it looks like news magazines (and newspapers) comprise only a tiny fraction of the media in the collection. There has to be a better place than this, but the closest thing that I have found to being a list of included magazines is on this webpage. Elsewhere I saw that the Wall Street Journal and L.A. Times were two of the news publications included. One cool feature of the service is that you can share the service with up to 5 other family members! There are two (well, three, if you count Apple being the owner) negatives that I see. First, this service is for "new subscribers only." If that is to AppleNews+, that might not be very onerous, but if Texture is included that might a bigger problem. Secondly, the plan auto-renews, apparently beginning with the end of the first, trial month. Still, this amounts to a great deal in my opinion--200+ magazines for only $9.99 a month! That's a huge amount of reading for cheap. There are probably any number of portals where you can sign up for the service, this is one of them. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 06-26-2019 at 04:49 AM.