Murdoch plans digital-only paid newspaper for tablets and phones

We will’t honestly say whether The Wall Street Journal’s laggy iPad rendition was a hit at $17.29 per month, but either way Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is gearing up for one more try at this entire digital news thing. The los angeles Times reports that Murdoch is planning a completely new national publication for the iPad and other devices — in other words, not just a print-to-digital conversion this time. ” Unlike News Corp.’s business-centric Wall Street Journal, the brand new digital newspaper would target a more general readership, offering short, snappy stories that may be digested quickly,” writes the Times, adding that sources say the digital paper could launch by the tip of the year. Here’s hoping it debuts alongside that Skiff Reader, eh?

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