FAIRFAX will launch both free and paid apps for Apple’s iPad tablet computer device this year, according to Darren Burden, who is spearheading the initiative for Fairfax Digital.
Mr Burden is part of a committee working on Fairfax’s tablet strategy. It includes Robert Whitehead, who is head of marketing and newspaper sales for Fairfax Media, and Paul Ramadge, editor-in-chief of The Age.
Speculation surfaced this week that the group’s tablet strategy had been held up by disagreements over development funding between the print and digital arms of the company.
Mr Burden would not say if Fairfax would launch any apps in the first wave after the launch, but said talk of a spat was unfounded.
“We’re working together to launch iPad products,” he said.
From theaustralian.com.au
