The Daily (News Corporation)

{{Infobox newspaper

| name = The Daily

| logo = The Daily.png

| logo_size = 100px

| image = File:The Daily (first issue).png

| caption = The front page of the first issue, February 2, 2011

| type = Daily news application

| format = iPad

| owners = News Corporation

| founder =

| publisher = Greg Clayman

| editor =

| chiefeditor = Jesse Angelo

| assoceditor =

| maneditor =

| newseditor = Michael Nizza

| managingeditordesign =

| campuseditor =

| campuschief =

| opeditor = Rob Herritt

| sportseditor = Chris D'Amico

| photoeditor =

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| Founded = {{Start date|2011|02|02}} {{End date|2012|12|15}}

| political =

| language = English

| headquarters =

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| website = [http://www.thedaily.com/ www.thedaily.com]

}}The Daily was the world's first iPad-only (with Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Facebook support added later) news app in the United States and Australia, owned by News Corporation.{{Clarify|date=August 2013|reason=What exactly is meant by "news app"? There have been other iPad-only apps that display news on the iPad before this, like Pulse.}}

It was originally planned to launch The Daily in San Francisco on January 19, 2011; however, the launch was delayed by News Corporation and Apple.{{cite web |url=http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20110113/a-delay-for-the-daily-apple-news-corp-push-back-launch-date/|title=A Delay for the Daily: Apple, News Corp. Push Back Launch Date|first=Peter|last=Kafka|date=January 13, 2011|work=All Things Digital|accessdate=January 27, 2011}} The Daily was launched on February 2, 2011, at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.{{cite web|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2376797,00.asp|title='The Daily,' News Corp's iPad-only Paper, Launching Feb. 2|first=Leslie|last=Horn|date=January 27, 2011|work=PC Magazine|accessdate=January 29, 2011}}

The journal was placed "on watch" in July 2012{{cite news|last=Webster|first=Andrew|title=The Daily reportedly put 'on watch' as News Corp. looks to cut costs|url=https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/12/3155678/the-daily-on-watch-cost-cutting|accessdate=3 December 2012|newspaper=The Verge|date=12 July 2012}} due to disappointing results. Despite reporting over 100,000 paying subscriptions, the journal was losing an estimated $30 million annually.{{cite news|last=Alex|first=Wilhelm|title=The Daily's 100,000 subscribers are likely far too few to keep it afloat|url=https://thenextweb.com/media/2012/07/14/the-dailys-100000-subscribers-are-likely-far-too-few-to-keep-it-afloat/|accessdate=3 December 2012|newspaper=The Next Web|date=14 July 2012}}

On December 3, 2012, News Corporation announced that The Daily would cease operations effective December 15 as part of a reorganization of News Corporation's assets.Tartaglione, Nancy (December 3, 2012). [https://deadline.com/2012/12/news-corp-reveals-details-of-proposed-separation-of-businesses-381097/ News Corp. Reveals Details Of Proposed Separation Of Businesses; Entertainment Company To Be Called Fox Group]. Deadline.com. Retrieved December 3, 2012.{{cite news|last=Ingraham|first=Nathan|title=First iPad-only newspaper 'The Daily' shutting down on December 15th|url=https://www.theverge.com/2012/12/3/3721544/the-daily-ipad-news-mag-shutdown-december-15th|accessdate=3 December 2012|newspaper=The Verge|date=3 December 2012}} Its URL now redirects to the site of the New York Post.

News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch said The Daily "could not find a large enough audience quickly enough to convince us the business model was sustainable in the long-term".{{cite news| url= http://www.3news.co.nz/Tablet-newspaper-The-Daily-doomed-to-fail/tabid/412/articleID/279212/Default.aspx |work=3 News NZ |title= Tablet newspaper doomed to fail | date=December 5, 2012}}

Scoop

The Daily is the first publication that made public the identity of Karen Kraushaar, a former employee of National Restaurant Association who filed accusation of sexual harassment against then CEO of the association and 2012 Republican presidential primaries candidate Herman Cain.{{cite web|url=http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/romenesko/152551/the-daily-names-original-cain-accuser-others-follow/|title=The Daily names original Herman Cain accuser|first=Julie|last=Moos|accessdate=November 9, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111004657/http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/romenesko/152551/the-daily-names-original-cain-accuser-others-follow/|archivedate=November 11, 2011}}

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