Guardian (UK)
The Guardian’s paid iPhone app has been downloaded more than 100,000 times in two months, generating more than $350,000 in sales. Downloads in the first month topped 70,000, prompting Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger to comment that their early success with the app was “Not a transformative thing, but it is a signal that people are prepared to pay on mobile.”
>Guardian’s Rusbridger: iPad may produce significant revenue for news (Mobile Media)
>Guardian iPhone app proves users are willing to pay (Guardian UK)
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