French Publishers Negotiate With Apple Over In-App Royalty

Eight French publications, including daily newspaper Le Figaro and weekly newspaper le Nouvel Observateur, have teamed up to negotiate with Apple over the tech giant’s 30% cut on in-app sales.

Apple Insider has more: “The participating parties reportedly plan to keep their publications from Apple’s Newsstand application, which will be a part of the forthcoming iOS 5 software update. Newsstand will sell newspapers and magazines much like Apple sells e-books through its iBookstore for the iPad and iPhone.”

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