Joining a rising tide of magazines that are combining e-commerce with their articles and ads, Time Inc. women's title All You has begun connecting readers with retailers. Starting with the November issue of the magazine, a digital "watermark" guides readers via their smartphones to information on pricing and availability, and can then connect them with a local retailer.The service is being offered in a couple of articles and a shopping guide, but will expand to the entire print and tablet editions of the magazine with its December issue. The magazine is sold primarily in Walmart.All You announced the launch of the service on Tuesday. It has been offering a shopping capability in the tablet edition since May.Unlike some other magazines that have recently launched a shopping service on their tablet editions, including Hearst's Cosmopolitan and Conde Nast's Allure, All You is not yet embedding the capability in ads."We feel we're creating a more valuable product" by sticking to editorial, said All You Deputy Editor George Kimmerling. "We feel providing this will increase interest in the brand across platforms."The shopping capability is likely to expand to advertisers in future issues."This is a new partnership and we're exploring packaging options for our marketing partners in both print and tablet editions," a spokeswoman for All You said.All You is just one of many titles adding an e-commerce component, as magazine publishers look for new ways to counter a difficult... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
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A decade after New York City sustained one of the largest terrorist attacks in recent American history on September 11, 2001, Conde Nast has decided to move its head quarters, 18 magazine titles and 5,000 employees to 1 World Trade Center. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Coinciding with the recent news that Conde Nast is the latest publisher to come to an agreement with Apple to offer subscription capabilities for its magazine apps, Adobe separately revealed a little bit more about how it actually helps facilitate those subs. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Conde Nast has noted that the iPad ready issues of their titles may not be doing as well as they (and every other publisher who ran to the gold mine of digital publishing) had planned. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Looks like Conde Nast might be putting Voice of the Internet Reddit on the lot. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The American Society of Magazine editors today unveiled the winners of its second-ever Digital Ellies awards. Conde Nast's Epicurious took the award in the General Excellence category as well as top honors in the category of Interactive Tool. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are launching iPhone and iPad apps on a daily basis (unless you're Bonnier, then it seems almost hourly). Many are coming from the usual suspects with deep pockets--Hearst, Conde Nast, Time Inc. etc. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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