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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...The Daily was a $10 million losing proposition last quarter
Thursday, May 5, 2011
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In early February, Apple and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp released The Daily, the world’s first iPad-only newspaper. The aim of The Daily is to provide a modern take on news events and to distribute that news in an engaging experience wrapped up in a multimedia experience. What this means is an interactive newspaper that combines [...]
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...The opportunity cost of the New York Times’ Pay Wall
Saturday, March 19, 2011
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There’s been a lot of debate surrounding the New York Times’ recent announcement of a pay wall. The merits and complexities of the Times’ subscription options aside, former Times employee and design director Khol Vinh argues the opportunity cost incurred to develop the pay model will not be worth the payoff. Explaining that it took [...]
Continue reading...New York Times start charging access fees for iPhone and iPad users
Friday, March 18, 2011
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The New York Times announced earlier today plans to move to a paywall model for its online content while also mentioning that it’s on-board with Apple’s controversial in-app store purchasing guidelines which require that the NYT give Apple a 30% cut of all revenue generated from subscribers that sign up via the iOS app. As [...]
Continue reading...Financial Times battles with Apple over customer info
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Apple’s decision to take 30% from all in-app subscriptions borne out of an iOS app remains controversial, but during last weeks shareholders meeting, Appel COO Tim Cook dispelled the controversy and explained that the weight of publisher complaints actually centers on having limited access to subscriber information. Under Apple’s implementation, a publisher only has access [...]
Continue reading...Free trial period for The Daily extended to February 28
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
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On February 2nd, Rupert Murdoch and Apple’s Eddy Cue unveiled the world’s first iPad-only newspaper, dubbed The Daily. Looking to put a modern twist on old-fashioned journalism, The Daily emphasizes the use of text, audio, video and multi-touch controls to deliver an innovative and fresh take on reporting. Demos of the app have thus far looked [...]
Continue reading...New York Times to provide reporters with iPhone 4s
Friday, February 4, 2011
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MacStories reports: It’s no secret that the camera of the iPhone 4 has dramatically increased the quality of photos and videos shot with the device. The New York Times noticed this as well, and has decided to provide iPhone 4s to reporters for news video gathering. The reporters will be able to record videos and [...]
Continue reading...Apple and News Corp. officially introduce “The Daily”
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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Rupert Murdoch today unveiled a new iPad-only publication called The Daily. “New times demand new journalism,” Murdoch explained. “So we built The Daily completely from scratch — on the most innovative device to come about in my time — the iPad.” Looking to spice things up, The Daily will feature a medley of text, photography, [...]
Continue reading...Apple and News Corp to unveil “The Daily” on February 2nd
Thursday, January 27, 2011
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Apple has begun sending out invites to a media event set to be held next Wednesday at the Guggenheim Museum where Apple exec Eddy Cue and News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch will unveil the first iPad-only newspaper dubbed The Daily. Confirmed to cost $0.99 a week, The Daily will be the first app to make use of an [...]
Continue reading...Planned “Daily” iPad newspaper from News corp. pushed back a few weeks
Friday, January 14, 2011
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All Things D reports: Turns out you’ll have to wait a bit longer to see the Daily, Rupert Murdoch’s long-awaited iPad news service. Apple and News Corp. have made a joint decision to push back next week’s planned launch, according to sources familiar with the companies’ plans. The delay is supposed to give Apple time [...]
Continue reading...Apple prepping Newspaper subscription plan via the iPad – Report
Sunday, September 19, 2010
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The iPad hasn’t quite yet saved the starving publishing industry like initially imagined, but Apple apparently still has a few tricks up its sleeve. According to a recent report in the Mercury News, Apple might soon announce a new iPad subscription plan for newspapers where it will reportedly take a 30% cut of all subscriptions [...]
Continue reading...New York Times bans use of the word “Tweet”
Thursday, June 10, 2010
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The New York Times, largely regarded as the “newspaper of record” here in the United States, is putting the clamp down on the use of the word “tweet” in news articles. Phil Corbett, who assumed the role as the Times’ standards editor back in 2009, sent out a memo to employees yesterday explaining why the [...]
Continue reading...Apple runs into trouble inking content deals for TV Shows and Newspapers
Friday, March 19, 2010
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The iPad may very well be the ultimate media consumption device, but Apple is reportedly running into trouble getting certain kinds of content onto the iPad at the prices it desires. The Wall Street Journal reports that TV and Newspaper executives are hesitant to strike content deals with Apple due to concerns that an iPad [...]
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 [...]
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
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