Time Inc., Condé Nast, Hearst and other publishers get their Newsstand apps...
The release of iOS 7 last year taught many magazine publishers an important lesson: work with the beta versions of ne software to make sure your apps will continue to function It amazes me how far...
View ArticleShareability tops Conde Nast’s video wish list
This article, written for an audience of documentary filmmakers, gives a nice window into Conde Nast's thinking about what works in video and how audiences prefer to consume content from brands like...
View ArticleKnow Your Rights: A Conversation With Hearst’s Ellen Payne
Publishers today are handling more content than ever, signal switching between a host of platforms, channels and distribution networks. Often overlooked amid all the words, music, video and photographs...
View ArticlePRSS Digital Magazine Platform Acquired By Apple
Apple has acquired Dutch digital magazine startup Prss, a platform that makes it easy to create iPad-compatible magazines using tools that don't require any knowledge of code. The company is...
View ArticleMoody’s paints a bleak picture for newspapers and magazines in the U.S.
The credit ratings service Moody's has published a bleak report on the near future of the U.S. newspaper and magazine publishing industries, predicting negative growth through mid-2015. "Our outlook...
View ArticleThe invasion of corporate news
A population of 100,000 is no longer a guarantee that a city like Richmond, California can sustain a thriving daily paper. Readers have drifted from the tactile pleasures of print to the digital...
View ArticleYou Won’t Finish This Article
I'm going to keep this brief, because you're not going to stick around for long. I've already lost a bunch of you. For every 161 people who landed on this page, about 61 of you-38 percent-are already...
View ArticleWhere’s the hope for magazines? Mobile
During August, mobile magazine sites received 234 million unique views, according to the first set of data from Magazine Media 360⁰, the new magazine industry measurement system from the MPA.
View ArticleBloomberg Politics kicks off
Bloomberg’s new politics vertical kicked off on Sunday with a splashy new website and features, including a piece about Jeb Bush’s presidential ambitions and a video of Rep. Nancy Pelosi testing out...
View ArticleGoogle’s Newsstand move may lead to more aggregated content apps
The lack of progress in improving the Newsstand, combined with the news of the acquisition of a platform, has some wondering if Apple plans on introducing their own app that aggregates content and...
View ArticleIDG’s Social Media Marketing Success Story
IDG worked with Samsung late last year to promote the company’s 10.1 Galaxy Note tablet. For Samsung, the goals were clear: promote the product during the holiday season in order to reach the...
View ArticleShould publishers take down controversial posts?
To unpublish — or not to unpublish. That’s the question for publishers that really step in it with regrettable content that sets off the Social Media Outrage Industrial Complex.
View ArticleChristian Science Monitor plans Passcode, a cybersecurity vertical
Coming soon (-ish, by January of next year at the latest) The Christian Science Monitor will launch its first vertical, Passcode a "modern field guide to security and privacy."
View ArticleThe 10% digital-to-print rule: what is success in digital publishing?
There is an ongoing debate concerning what exactly a digital-only publisher should expect in sales when they decide to launch their first publication.
View ArticleGoogle releases hundreds of free icons
If you publish on the web (and who doesn't?) it's always nice to find a source for guilt-free graphics.
View ArticleMobile innovation: Using the iTunes Newsstand to promote digital subscriptions
There has been a quiet suggestion in recent weeks that the iTunes Newsstand is somehow letting publishers down.
View ArticleGoogle Loves Print, This We Know, For Its Guidelines Tell Us So
A leaked internal document reveals Google's predilection for the web sites of print-media publishers.
View ArticleVideo Interview: Elana Schlenker of Gratuitous Type
Need a reminder of why you love magazines? This interview with Elana Schlenker just might do the trick.
View ArticleInside Bloomberg Media’s digital video business
Half a year has elapsed since Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith called digital video “a golden asset,” promising “large bets” on video content and distribution
View ArticleBuzzFeed’s choice of publisher says a lot about how the site looks at media
As Re/Code has reported, BuzzFeed named its vice-president of growth, Dao Nguyen, to the newly created position of publisher - but founder and CEO Jonah Peretti points out in an internal memo that this...
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