News Corp to launch The Daily in the UK

News Corporation is set to launch the US-based tablet newspaper The Daily in the UK.

Speaking at the Abu Dhabi media summit, News Corp’s digital chief Jon Miller said the company hoped to make the digital publication available to UK users in the first half of 2011, once Apple has released its subscription model.

News Corp is due to start charging users for access to The Daily next week, following an initial free trial.

To access the title, users will need to pay 99 cents a week or $39.99 a year.

Miller also revealed News Corp’s plans to develop its own social-gaming business – “Social gaming has a business model. People who play Farmville actually spend real money to buy virtual food or whatever it may be for their pig. Most people don’t, but enough do that it’s a real business.”