Condé Nast says it plans a native New Yorker app for the iPad sometime later this year.

People App Launches After Paparazzi Squabble Over Payments

Time Inc. launched its iPad app for People this month. But not after facing some opposition from paparazzi seeking payments for their photos.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, more than a dozen photo agencies that supply celebrity photos from the paparazzi banded together to withhold their photos unless Time Inc. agreed to pony up additional compensation associated with publishing on the iPad.

The report says People was seeking to use photos on the iPad for free, arguing that the app essentially is a replication of the print edition. "They realized that in most cases People.com was not making ad revenue or subscription money off extended use of their photos," Brandy Navarre, vice president at photo agency X17 told THR. "But when you're talking about paid apps supplemented by advertisements, that's something different altogether."
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