Times ends Apple News partnership

The New York Times on Monday said it’s withdrawing from its partnership with Apple News amid tensions between news publishers and the tech companies that profit off that content.

The newspaper said it is pulling out of its agreement because the iPhonemaker did not give it enough power — including thorough interaction with readers — to add paying subscribers.

Stories read on Apple News are presented in the app, rather than redirecting to a publication’s Web site. For the Gray Lady, the situation was no longer acceptable.

The move means the paper’s content will no longer be available on the Apple News app, which in April reported 125 million monthly active users.

“Core to a healthy model between The Times and the platforms is a direct path for sending those readers back into our environments, where we control the presentation of our report, the relationships with our readers and the nature of our business rules,” Meredith Kopit Levien, the paper’s chief operating officer, told employees in an email. “Our relationship with Apple News does not fit within these parameters.”

The exit from AppleNews comes as news publications are increasingly at odds with the tech giants that seek to profit off the news that others create through their more expansive delivery platforms.

Earlier this month, News Media Alliance, which represents the New York Post and other large newspapers, blasted Google as a “monopoly power” and a “free-rider,” accusing it of leveraging the popularity of Google News to force publications into unfair agreements.