Apple announces news subscription service, Apple News+

Apple News is getting into the subscription business. At Monday's Apple event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, the company announced a new subscription service called Apple News Plus (or, Apple News+). Tim Cook positioned the service as a way to get ac…

Apple’s news subscription service doesn’t have a lot of news

If Apple News is supposed to be the digital equivalent of a newsstand, there’s still a big piece missing: newspapers. It’s a strange weak point in the service, and one that could seriously jeopardize Cook’s goal of building an all-in-one location for reading …

Marvel Comics Everyday! — dailyspiderman: The Amazing Spider-Man: Learning...

Marvel Comics Everyday! — dailyspiderman: The Amazing Spider-Man: Learning...

I'm New Yorker Cartoonist Emily Flake, and This Is How I Parent

On topics from under-boob sweat to Mayochup, Emily Flake has a lot to say. Or, rather, draw. The award-winning cartoonist went from running her comic strip “Lulu Eightball” in alt-weeklies across the country (the jokes were “too vulgar for grown-up publicatio…

Creative child drew a 'Star Wars' comic starring narwhals and Mark Hamill approved

If you're a fan of Star Wars and whales, we have the perfect comic book for you. Straight from the creative mind of actor and television director Jon Cryer 's daughter Daisy, we present a Star Wars spin-off comic starring a bunch of narwhals. Yes, really. Cry…

Maybe Facebook's Seldom-Clicked Watch Tab Isn't the Future of News

In June, Facebook’s head of news partnerships announced that the social network was going to fund news shows for its Watch video service. “Watch is the destination on Facebook where people come together around video,” said Campbell Brown in a blog post. Flas…

Mozilla partners with news subscription service Scroll to build an ad-free internet

Scroll is an upcoming news subscription service that promises to let you read all your favorite news websites, ad-free in exchange for a monthly fee. The service already has some big names in media onboard (including Buzzfeed, Gizmodo Media Group, and Vox Med…