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30%

30% -- platform subscription revenue share for Apple App Store (2010)

2010  · San Jose Mercury News

Apple is expected to take a 30% cut of newspaper subscriptions sold through its online App Store.

  • Reported as an expert projection/rumor by Roger Fidler, not officially confirmed by Apple at the time of reporting
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Value
30%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2010
Entity
Apple App Store
Geography
Global
B
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Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

61/100 confidence

Single source - not yet corroborated

Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
60
Freshness
95
San Jose Mercury News Primary Tier C
http://www.sfnblog.com/2010/09/15/report-apple-will-announce-newspaper-subscription-plan-for-ipad-so… ↗
Confidence: 26/100 Vintage: 2010 Channel: Common Crawl
Source Article
SFN Blog - Report: Apple will announce newspaper subscription plan for iPad 'soon'
Original Research
San Jose Mercury News · Original study ↗

Expert prediction by Roger Fidler, Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, quoted in San Jose Mercury News; not confirmed by Apple

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Apple App Store: 30% platform subscription revenue share. Source: San Jose Mercury News (2010). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/apple-app-store-subscription-cut-2010
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