The Daily Mail plans to release its online content on Amazon Kindle for users in the United States, as well as future UK users, when the e-reader becomes available there, NewMediaAge reported Thursday.

Mail Online Managing Director James Bromley told NewMediaAge the tabloid, owned by Associated Newspapers, will launch on the Kindle in the United States "in the near future."

UK newspapers, such as The Guardian and the Telegraph, are also interested in branching out into the e-reader space, when the Kindle becomes available in the United Kingdom, according to NewMediaAge.

Also on Thursday, Slashdot reported that E Ink, the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company behind Kindle 2's electronic paper display, has spent US$150 million since 1997 creating the display. Russ Wilcox, the company's CEO, said newspaper publishers wanting to save on printing and delivery may increasingly turn to e-readers in the future.

For example, The New York Times could save about $300 million each year if it bought each subscriber a $359 Kindle and shut down its presses, Silicon Alley Insider reported last year. Although it would "kill ad revenues," it's an interesting thought.