''The Daily'' was the world's first

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-only (with Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Facebook support added later) news app in the

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and

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, owned by

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. It was originally planned to launch ''The Daily'' in

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on January 19, 2011; however, the launch was delayed by News Corporation and

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. ''The Daily'' was launched on February 2, 2011, at the

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. The journal was placed "on watch" in July 2012 due to disappointing results. Despite reporting over 100,000 paying subscriptions, the journal was losing an estimated $30 million annually. On December 3, 2012, News Corporation announced that ''The Daily'' would cease operations effective December 15 as part of a reorganization of News Corporation's assets. Its URL now redirects to the site of the ''

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.'' News Corp CEO

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said ''The Daily'' "could not find a large enough audience quickly enough to convince us the business model was sustainable in the long-term".

Scoop

''The Daily'' is the first publication that made public the identity of Karen Kraushaar, a former employee of

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who filed accusation of sexual harassment against then CEO of the association and 2012 Republican presidential primaries candidate

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