Overview of Apple News
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What is it?
- Apple News is an iOS app news aggregator developed by Apple. Users can read articles created by publishers about variety of topics
- It it exists an app that is available on all iOS devices.
- There are two offerings: Apple News and Apple News +
- The standard Apple News channels allow publishers to publish articles to a channel of ‘Latest Stories’ that show chronologically on a timeline. It's free but the channel needs to be approved by Apple.
- Apple News + allows publishers to curate content into editions. There is a cost to it and also need to be an approved Apple News + publisher. Read more details on the benefits.
What do we support?
- We support the ability to publish to both Apple News and Apple News +
- We will guide you through the set up process to connect the Pugpig CMS with your Apple News channel
- We use the Apple News recommended WP plugin - Publish to Apple News
- Apple News themes are provided which you can use with no development work needed
- On request, we can build custom styles for your Apple News templates
- We support automatic publishing of RSS feeds to Apple News
Useful documentation
- Setting up Apple News in the Pugpig CMS
- Publishing content for an Apple News + edition
- RSS to Apple News
Third party documentation