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available for $9.99 a month—all you can consume for anyone in the family. Not that you would, but Apple said that to get all of them individually it would cost you north of $8K a year but it only includes “versions” of the Wall Street Journal and LA Times so, a lot of great global news sources are missing from the roster. We appreciate Cook’s comments during the announcement when he said, “We believe in the power of journalism. We want to make a valuable contribution to the industry and society as a whole.” He didn’t mention that Apple is taking 50 percent of the News+ subscription revenues and dividing the rest among the publishers rather than selling subscriptions through the App Store and giving Apple 30 percent. Over the long term, the added cost may be financially beneficial to publishers and maybe there will be a trickle down to the working journalists … maybe. But the real reason for the Apple gala was to whet folks’ appetites for star-studded video content with a revamped/expanded Apple TV Channels and poorly kept secret Apple TV+. Venturing outside its walled garden, Apple added premium channels like HBO, Showtime, Starz, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video that will be available on all Apple hardware as well as added support for smart TVs from Samsung, LG Electronics, Sony and Vizio in addition to Roku and Amazon Fire TV streaming media devices. During an interview on CNBC, Roku’s boss, Anthony Woods, admitted it was an unusual move by Apple to add one of the streaming industry’s most widely used TV services but that it would accelerate the move to OTT viewing. “Obviously, they’re counting on jump-starting [the streaming service] with all of their iPhone and iPad and Mac customers,” he said. “But actually, smart TVs are the way that most streaming services, long-form streaming services are viewed by