On Monday, Bonnier officially launched a spin-off company called Moving Media+ which will be offering the Mag+ app creation tool to any publisher that wants to use itas a free download. The app reader and continued services, however, come at a cost. Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With bikini season approaching, Yahoo’s all about trimming the fat. Last month the company announced that it would lay off 2,000 employees as part of then-CEO Scott Thompson’s plan to create a “smaller, nimbler, more profitable” company. Now the company has opted to close its digital magazine... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2012-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the heyday of print advertising, the rules seemed simpler. Competition from television, radio, and other forms advertising was a factor, but each medium was distinct—with its own attributes, value propositions, and measurements. The Web changed all that. Along with the suicidal dilemma of... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher says monthly is not for sale or going out of businessThe publisher of the Urbanite, a free monthly magazine focused on Baltimore urban affairs, said Wednesday she was seeking an investor to help the publication expand its digital media offerings. Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2012-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In its interim statement for its fiscal half-year ending March 2012, enthusiast publisher Future plc is reporting a quickly growing digital operation. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If you have an iPad or tablet device, chances are you've seen the Web through the glossy world of Flipboard. If you've ever taken the "social magazine" for a spin, you might know that while the user experience is silky smooth, the company has had to address concerns about the service's threat to... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2012-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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By the time Apple released the iPad in April of 2010, just four months after Steve Jobs first announced his "magical and revolutionary" new machines in San Francisco, traditional publishers had been overtaken by a collective delusion. They be ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Leaders from the world of magazine publishing are set to tackle the industry's multiplatform future on Wednesday (9 May) at Publishing+, the PPA's conference at the Hilton Metropole. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Washington, D.C., May 2, 2012: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) a leading IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization, today announced the launch of its Digital Publishing Platform (DPP) at MarkLogic World 201 ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Financial Times is preparing to kill off its iPad and iPhone app for good, signalling its final conversion from executable-app to web-app publishing. The news publisher launched a HTML5 web app and pulled its iOS app off iTunes Store in mid-2011 ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association's talks with ebook platform providers have intensified after... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profile Books is re-inventing the “choose your own adventure” genre for the digital... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Almost a year after it was first announced 3M's Cloud Library ebook lending service is getting a proper rollout. Introduced today at a beta site in St. Paul, the system is now ready for its kiosks, e-readers and apps to hit the hands and eyes of library patrons. The touch-based Discovery... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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You don't need a special reader to enjoy ebooks if you already own a smartphone or tablet. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nature Publishing Group is trying to break into the future of scientific publishing with its new linked data platform—launched earlier this month; the new platform is designed to enrich search functions. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite a cheeky promotional claim that profitability is "not something we think about," Punch has a grand vision of becoming a lucrative tablet publishing platform. But first, a quiz: hedge fund or organic farm?David Bennahum is the CEO of Punch, a news and entertainment app that launched last... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2012-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Livre has sold its ebook distribution platform Numilog to its founder and c.e.o. Denis... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Moving forward with an expanded focus on digital media, Time Out New York (TONY) has integrated e-commerce and daily deals into its website and newly-launched apps. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen have a new project up their sleeves under their parent company, AVOS. Within the last 24 hours, the duo launched a landing page for their latest project, Zeen. AVOS is responsible for acquiring Delicious ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More tablet experimentation from publishers, this time via reading apps Pulse and Zite. Zite, which already offered readers excerpts from Bonnier's Popular Science magazine, will now be doing that with 20 other Bonnier titles. And Pulse will be bring content from 8 publishers, including Venture... Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Continuing to diversify beyond its role as a printer, RR Donnelley made a reported $2.5 million investment in the catalog shopping app CoffeeTable, which allows tablet users to browse and purchase from multiple retailers’ catalogs directly w Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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