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Newsstand drives astounding increase in magazine and newspaper subscriptions
The iPad was set to revolutionize the print industry much in the same way the iPod revolutionized the music industry, or so people thought. In reality, the iPad, while an instant hit with consumers, failed to take the print industry by storm due to a variety of factors including unrealistic expectations and a general distrust [...]
Continue reading...Conde Naste: Magazine subscriptions up 268% thanks to Newsstand app
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
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By David Goldman: With hundreds of millions of users, the iOS homescreen is a prime piece of real estate. With the release of iOS 5 a few weeks ago, Apple introduced a new icon to the homescreen – its Newstand app. Newsstand is a folder which lets users organize their magazine and newspaper app subscriptions [...]
Continue reading...With 50% opt-in rate, publishers are signing up for iPad subscriptions
Thursday, May 12, 2011
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Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen an influx of big name publishers sign up for Apple’s semi-controversial in-app subscription system. While much of the public controversy centered on Apple taking a 30% cut of all new subscriptions, the real reasons publishers were wary was that they’d only have access to important customer information if [...]
Continue reading...Conde Nast jumps into the in-app subscription game
Monday, May 9, 2011
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Apple in mid-February generated a firestorm of controversy when it rolled out in-app subscriptions as an option to publishers. Using the same billing system Apple already uses for in-app purchases, the new scheme enables publishers to set up recurring subscriptions with customers that results in new issues of a publication being delivered automatically to a [...]
Continue reading...Hearst publishing strikes deal to issue Magazine iPad subscriptions via iTunes
Thursday, May 5, 2011
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The Hearst Corporation, which publishes newspapers and popular magazines like Cosmopolitan and O, The Oprah Magazine, recently struck a deal with Apple whereby it will provide its content to iPad users via in app subscriptions. Right of the gate, only three of Hearst’s magazine properties will be available on the iPad, but they’re all big [...]
Continue reading...Time Inc. strikes deal with Apple over free iPad issues for print subscribers
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
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Though the iPad was heralded as the device that was going to save the newspaper industry while simultaneously revitalizing other print publications such as magazines, it’d be a long stretch to say that’s what actually happened. In truth, publishing on the iPad has been the source for quite a bit of controversy as publishers struggle [...]
Continue reading...Apple and Publishers still haggling over subscription terms
Sunday, December 5, 2010
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The iPad was supposed to breathe new life into the struggling print industry, but what some publishers view as imposing demands from Apple have effectively stalled negotiations. The key point of contention, amongst publishers, centers on magazine app subscriptions and Apple’s refusal to a) sell subscriptions themselves and more importantly b) access personal data of [...]
Continue reading...Richard Branson looking to publish iPad-style Magazine dubbed ‘Project’
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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According to recent reports, Apple and News Corp have been working closely together to develop a new iPad only newspaper called the Daily. Priced at only $0.99/wk, the paper will be the first iPad-exclusive publication, will presumably show up automatically on a user’s iPad every morning, and may serve as a game changing initiative for [...]
Continue reading...Adobe announces new Digital Viewer Technology for Magazines
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
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Adobe announced today the arrival of its new Digital Viewer Technology for magazines. The software makes it easier for publishers to transform hardcopies of their Magazine into digital creations capable of running on a variety of platforms. Most recently, Adobe’s digital viewer software helped Wired Magazine develop their iPad app which got off to a [...]
Continue reading...Wired iPad app sells 24,000 copies in first 24 hours
Monday, May 31, 2010
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Maybe there is something to the iPad helping out the publishing industry after all. Wired’s NYC Bureau Chief John C Abell recently tweeted that Wired Magazine’s iPad app was downloaded over 24,000 times in the first 24 hours of its release. And with a $5 pricepoint, that translates into a healthy $84,000 after Apple takes [...]
Continue reading...Conde Naste sells just 365 copies of its GQ iPad app
Monday, May 17, 2010
Is the iPad the savior publishers have been waiting for? Potentially, but we’re not quite there yet. As of last week, only 365 people had purchased GQ’s December 2009 Men of the Year issue, according to GQ publisher and Conde Naste Publications VP Peter Hunsinger. But if you think Hunsinger is worried, you’re sorely mistaken. [...]
Continue reading...As Steve Jobs stood on stage unveiling the iPad, Amazon was frantically calling publishers
Saturday, February 27, 2010
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As Steve Jobs still stood on stage unveiling the iPad on January 27th, Amazon executives frantically began calling a slew of publishers looking to glean as much information as possible about the type of content deals they struck with Apple. According to a recent report in the New York Times, Amazon recently began trying to [...]
Continue reading...Should publishers be wary of Apple’s control over iPad content?
Friday, February 26, 2010
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Given Apple’s recent removal of adult oriented apps from iTunes, should publishers interested in the iPad be worried that their content might be pulled at a moments notice? Brian X. Chen of Wired thinks so. Publishers should think twice before worshipping the iPad as the future platform for magazines and newspapers. That is, if they [...]
Continue reading...Subscriber information seen as obstacle to getting Newspapers on the iPad
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
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Everyone’s been talking about the iPad as an e-book reader, but noticeably absent from the conversation is all of the hype we once heard about the iPad saving print media by revolutionizing the way we access and view newspapers and magazines. This is largely due to the fact that Apple is still trying to hammer [...]
Continue reading...Wired Magazine on the iPad will be a “game changer”
Saturday, February 13, 2010
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At the Technology, Entertainment and Design conference this past friday, Wired Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Chris Anderson boldly stated that his magazine on the iPad will be a “game changer.” Wired writes: Anderson said the iPad allows periodicals for the first time to do digital content with all of the same values and artistic range that are [...]
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
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