Content NYTimes launches dedicated Kindle Fire app

[Alexander Turcic]

It's been a long time coming, but the New York Times has finally released a dedicated news app for the Kindle Fire aimed at delivering the latest coverage of US and international news from the Gray Lady. It's completely free until August 1st, so if you're a proud Kindle Fire owner, why not give it a try.

Here the full press release:

The New York Times (NYTimes.com) today launched a news app for Kindle Fire, which delivers the latest news and award-winning journalism of The New York Times, designed and formatted for optimal reading on Amazon’s Kindle Fire.

To mark the launch, The Times will offer free access to all 25+ sections of New York Times news, information and opinion, including videos, slide shows, interactive graphics and blogs through July 31.

Beginning in August, non-subscribers will be able to access up to three articles each day on The New York Times Kindle Fire app. Non-subscribers may also subscribe to The Times using their Amazon.com account. New York Times subscribers with Web + Tablet and All Digital Access digital subscriptions will have unlimited access to The Times on Kindle Fire as well as unlimited access to The New York Times Kindle Edition, which provides a representation of the daily newspaper.

Features include offline reading, cross-platform save, share options across social media and e-mail, as well as text-to-speech functionality, which can read articles and blogs aloud. Users can also dictate comments using Android’s native speech-to-text functionality.

The Times app for Kindle Fire is available in the Amazon Appstore. To access all sections of the app after July 31, a NYTimes.com + Tablet Apps or All Digital Access digital subscription will be required. Details and pricing for these plans are available at www.NYTimes.com/Access.

[medard]

If this works well, this would actually be a reason to get a Kindle Fire. Do you pay your subscription with your Amazon account then?

[TadW]

Originally Posted by medard

If this works well, this would actually be a reason to get a Kindle Fire. Do you pay your subscription with your Amazon account then?

I have a digital subscription (Android app), and purchased it through their subscription website. I can use the same login credentials to have full access to their online content. It would make sense to do the same for the Kindle app.