Washington Post is now FREE on Kindles

[Antoinekamel]

The Washington Post Is Now Free On Amazon Kindles
Source: http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/06/the...mazon-kindles/
@Mod: It's in news forum because, IMO, this is more a news/reading/marketing article than simply a device-specific feature.

The Washington Post is now available as a free app on Amazon Kindle Fire tablets. The announcement comes a little more than a year after Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos purchased the the newspaper.



According to a report in Bloomberg Businessweek, the app was developed by a group inside the Post called Project Rainbow. The project, led by Kerry Lauerman, will offer a curated selection of news and photographs. The app is currently free for download now on all larger tablets. As with WaPo’s other digital offerings, subscription rates will eventually kick in. The new Fire tablets will already have the app installed.

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“Reporters need to know that they will be supported, that their colleagues aren’t going to disappear and that they can do their job without being worried all the time about losing it. Optimism, like negativity, can be infectious,” executive editor of the Washington Post, Marty Baron told the New York Times.

There’s already an app for iPhone+iPod Touch, Android and iPad, as well as the mobile web. All of those already offer a pretty robust selection of free select content from the print version of the paper, as well as a subscription format. Digital subscriptions to content on the web start at $14.99.

Kindle offers other major newspaper apps such as USA Today and the New York Times for free on all Kindle Fire tablets.

E-inkers, breathe deeply. Free only the app for Fires, folks.

[Jessica Lares]

That's okay, I'll be getting a 6" Fire soon.

But nice!

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Antoinekamel

The Washington Post Is Now Free On Amazon Kindles
Source: http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/06/the...mazon-kindles/

This app is not available yet. It'll come pre-installed on the 2nd gen Fire HDX 8.9 when it's released on 21 Oct. Then it'll be rolled out to other platforms and will carry a monthly subscription fee.

This new app is not to be confused with - The Washington Post - released a year ago.

Jeff Bezos's New Plan for News: The Washington Post Becomes an Amazon Product

For the past few months, a group inside the Post has been working on a new application that will offer a curated selection of news and photographs from the daily newspaper in a magazine-style, tablet-friendly format. The application will come preinstalled on Amazon’s newly updated Kindle Fire tablet, expected to be launched later this fall with the larger 8.9-inch screen, according to people with knowledge of the Post’s plans.

The app will be free for owners of the larger Kindle, at least at first. It will eventually be available for download on other Kindles as well as to owners of Apple’s iPad and various Android devices, and it will carry a monthly subscription fee. A Post spokesperson declined to comment.

[frahse]

It seems they aren't considering my keyboard 3G Kindle.

Oh well, I won't get mad and will continue reading the Post on my computers.

[haydnfan]

Misleading title is misleading.

WP is not currently available for free on any Kindle. And when it does it will only be available on the Fire tablets, even though the name Kindle is ubiquitous with the classic e-ink reader.

Really would like the title changed so that at least other posters won't waste their time like I did.

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by Antoinekamel

E-inkers, breathe deeply. Free only the app for Fires, folks.

Then why the misleading title?

[Antoinekamel]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

Then why the misleading title?

It's the same as the news'. But now I changed here for no mistake.

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by Antoinekamel

It's the same as the news'. But now I changed here for no mistake.

Calling it Kindle Fire is still a mistake as Amazon removed the Kindle from the Fire tablets. Still less confusing than the article - with their picture of an eink Kindle.

[BookAdmin]

Digital subscriptions to content on the web start at $14.99.

IMHO this funding method will become essential in the future for the written press because more and more people read news only on internet.

[crich70]

Originally Posted by Antoinekamel

It's the same as the news'. But now I changed here for no mistake.

The main header of the thread still says Kindle rather than the Fire. I think you must have missed part of the header. If you go to [edit] and then [advanced] the main header should be able to be edited.

[peterwardgd]

title still misleading. cmon.

[Antoinekamel]

Originally Posted by crich70

The main header of the thread still says Kindle rather than the Fire. I think you must have missed part of the header. If you go to [edit] and then [advanced] the main header should be able to be edited.

As you can see in the annex, I can change the title, as I did; the thread (upper-right corner), contrywise, is not modifiable.

[Antoinekamel]

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

Calling it Kindle Fire is still a mistake as Amazon removed the Kindle from the Fire tablets. Still less confusing than the article - with their picture of an eink Kindle.

I've noted it now! Oh gosh!

[tovare]

Originally Posted by BookAdmin

IMHO this funding method will become essential in the future for the written press because more and more people read news only on internet.

It seems to me like digital pricing is more about not cannibalizing sales of print editions and sustaining a legacy organization, than a sustainable platform for growth.

The number of journalists has mushroomed during the last three decades, with people working for the web and added overhead wich follows., decreasing newspapers operational efficiency despite having a potentially more efficient method of distribution.

I think scaling back to operational sanity is the biggest challenge the newspaper industry faces today

[vugtitan]

Originally Posted by Antoinekamel

The Washington Post Is Now Free On Amazon Kindles
Source: http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/06/the...mazon-kindles/
@Mod: It's in news forum because, IMO, this is more a news/reading/marketing article than simply a device-specific feature.



E-inkers, breathe deeply. Free only the app for Fires, folks.

I don't see how having a corporate sponsored rag on the kindle can be wonderful.

Obviously their paid readership has abandoned them so try to foist their lies on us for free.