Yahoo follows News Corp, announces Livestand 'magazine' for tablets

By Tim Conneally, Betanews Yahoo on Thursday announced that it will soon debut a new magazine-style method of digital content delivery especially aimed at touchscreen mobile devices like tablets and smartphones called Livestand."Publishers and advertisers must expand their content to [phones and tablets] to stay in front of consumers," said Blake Irving, Executive Vice President and Chief Product officer at Yahoo. "We see an opportunity to provide publishers and advertisers with a pipeline for fresh and active content and to help them reach and engage their most valuable audiences."Irving says Livestand will debut in the first half of 2011, and it will make Yahoo's sports, news, and finanical content available, as well as Flickr, omg!, and the Yahoo! Contributor Network as iPad and Android tablet apps.While service and software providers are opting for HTML5 and rich web applications instead of releasing standalone mobile apps, it appears that media companies are sticking with apps. Yahoo is following companies such as Flipboard, Catalogs.com, and News Corp, who have released "magazines" for tablets."With Livestand, we're using ad formats that evoke the emotion of TV advertising with a highly-visual magazine-like experience. And they're combined with the effectiveness of an Internet ad that's data-rich, actionable, even location aware," Irving said on Thursday.For the last six years, Yahoo has unveiled dozens of different ways for users to access Yahoo content on mobile... Continue reading at 'Betanews'

[ Betanews | 2011-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Randall-Reilly Scales Back Two Magazines

In a cost-cutting move, Randall-Reilly, a B2B publisher with footholds in several markets, is merging two of its brands and going digital-only with another. Road building magazine, Better Roads, will fold as a standalone title and become part of Equip Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazines Survives "Roller Coaster" Year

In June, David Carey will mark his fifth anniversary as Hearst Magazines president, and a New Year's Day tradition of his (begun over a decade ago when publisher of The New Yorker) is to look back and look ahead in a letter to colleagues. In his 2015 message, Carey acknowledged that Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2015-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Plans New Print Magazine for Early 2016

Hearst Magazines, publisher of glossy titles like Cosmopolitan and Good Housekeeping, is planning to introduce a new print magazine in early 2016, according to David Carey, the company's president."We're in conversations now with possible joint-venture partners," said Mr. Carey in a memo to... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ex-News of the World journalists given go ahead to sue for unfair dismissal

Neville Thurlbeck and James Weatherup get green light from employment tribunals to take action against News Group NewspapersTwo former News of the World journalists who were jailed for hacking the phones of politicians and celebrities have been given the go ahead to sue Rupert Murdoch’s... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Briefs: Week of December 22, 2014

Scarletta to become Mighty Media Press and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Spain’s Google News Shutdown Is a Silly Victory for Publishers

Trying to stick it to Google is an understandable impulse, a resentment fed by the company's monolithic influence over the web. But all the Google News shutdown in Spain really shows is how powerless traditional publishers really are. The post Spain’s Google News Shutdown Is a Silly Victory for... Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2014-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Google News Shutdown in Spain Is An Empty Victory for Publishers

Trying to stick it to Google is an understandable impulse, a resentment fed by the company's monolithic influence over the web. But all the Google News shutdown in Spain really shows is how powerless traditional publishers really are. The post The Google News Shutdown in Spain Is An Empty... Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2014-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kids' Tablet, Fable, to Launch in March

In March, Isabella Products in Concord, Mass., will introduce the Fable, the first “child-friendly, juice-proof” tablet aimed at ages three through 10. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Spanish publishers demand the return of Google News

Google removed its news aggregation service from Spain a few days ago, but the Spanish Newspaper Publishers’ Association (AEDE) is already asking the government to bring it back. AEDE claims the removal of Google News will be bad business for the publishing industry overall and will have more of... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Number of magazine closures almost double in 2014

Though the number of magazine launches held steady in 2014, the outlook for print media still took a turn for the worse as closures nearly doubled. Among the shuttered publications are... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazine closures almost double in 2014

Though the number of magazine launches held steady in 2014, the outlook for print media still took a turn for the worse as closures nearly doubled. Among the shuttered publications are... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google News Spain to be shut down: what does it mean?

Google News will withdraw from Spain, after the government passed a law to charge aggregators for linking to news publishers. A tech lawyer answers the big questions Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Announces New William Boyd Novel

William Boyd has moved to Bloomsbury for his next novel. The British author, who was at HarperCollins, will release 'Sweet Caress' with his new publisher in September 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pulitzer Prizes Expand Eligibility to Magazines

  The Pulitzer Prizes have recognized the country's top journalism for almost a century, and for most of that time, there was just one major requirement for entry: the story had to appear in a printed newspaper. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Short Takes: Religion Publishing News Briefs, December 10, 2014

Audio line debut for IVP; 2015 Grawemeyer winner announced; Target Holiday Book Club features Nelson book; Baker titles selected as best church resources; Puritan/Reformed publisher releases new Bible, books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bill Gates Turns Himself Into A Lego Character To Announce His Favorite Books Of 2014

Oprah, it's time to step up your book club game.Each December, our eyeballs glaze over amid the onslaught of annual "best-of" listicles coming at us from every corner of the Internet. The best Vines! The silliest texts! The most inspiring life advice uttered by Taylor Swift!Read Full Story Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2014-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Briefs: Week of December 8, 2014

In S&S reorg, Perl rises and Hirschhorn leaves and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gannett Shutters USA Weekend Magazine

Gannett announced that it's shutting down its weekend magazine, USA Weekend, effective Dec. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Magazine World’s Oldest, Richest and Biggest Audiences

While the MPA's new Magazine Media 360 report aims to capture the raw reach of some of the industry's top brands, media research firm GfK MRI delves deeper into exactly who makes up those audiences. The company—which actually provides the MPA with its print and digital edition readership... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Osborne announces new tax on UK-generated profits for multinationals

Multinational companies like Amazon and Apple will pay a 25% tax on their UK profits, Chancellor George Osborne announced today (3rd December). Delivering the Autumn Statement in the House of Commons, Osborne specifically mentioned large companies “including in the tech sector” would be... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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