Traditional journalism has had a tough time of it recently. With so much content now available for free online, newspaper sales have been falling steadily for years with free papers representing the only growth area.

The launch of ‘The Daily’ by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation marks an interesting experiment for a news industry facing an uncertain future.

‘The Daily’ is an online newspaper with a new approach. It is a gamble on the future of devices we will use as it is not available on desktops or standard laptops. This new newspaper is only available on the iPad but there are plans to launch on other tablets systems soon like Google’s ‘Honeycomb’. Murdoch believes these sleek new devices are perfect for displaying news, and the design of the ‘app’ makes the most of the screen, with beautifully rendered rich media on the hi-resolution machine.