Hearst Corp. has agreed to sell subscriptions to the iPad editions of a range of its magazines through iTunes, reports “The Wall Street Journal” (http://macte.ch/GIerP).

Starting with their July issues, iPad apps for “Esquire,” “Popular Mechanics” and “O, The Oprah Magazine,” will be available through a service from Apple that allows customers to sign up for subscriptions inside the apps and get billed automatically. Subscriptions to all three publications will be sold for US$1.99 a month or $19.99 a year.