Apple is readying itself for its first foray into the paid news subscription market with plans to dovetail integration of its newly acquired Texture magazine app within Apple News. Such a move would be one of the first signs of Apple staking a claim in the burgeoning content and services sector as it seeks to diversify away from hardware sales. Texture offers subscribers access to more than 200 magazines in return for $9.99 per month. Apple has set itself an ambitious target of growing sales of its services division by 23% to $30bn during the 2017 fiscal year, with a view to hitting $50bn by 2021. Last year Apple News offered publishers access to in app subscriptions for the first time.
apple is poised to enter the paid news subscription market , with plans to integrate its newly launched Texture magazine app with apple News . apple offers access to more than 200 magazines for a $ 9.99 per month subscription . apple aims to grow sales in its services division by 23 % to $ 30bn during the 2017 fiscal year , with a target of $ 50bn by 2021 .