Fox News Asks Apple to Kill iPhone App

Want to read all of the latest Fox News headlines on your mobile phone? There’s an app for that—except its not actually owned or produced by Fox.

An independent company called RIV Creations has created a string of media applications for Apple’s iPhone, including one called “Mobile News Pro – Fair & Balanced,” which aggregates headlines from FoxNews.com’s mobile site—and uses the network’s logo and trademark.

The problem is that RIV doesn’t have Fox News’ permission to do any of this, which has raised the attention of officials at the network.

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