Brands are seeing success with Flipboard’s custom magazines: The company says that between 10 and 20 percent of users who click on a brand’s magazine actually end up subscribing to it. Read more »
Flipboard’s custom magazines have only been available through its mobile apps until now, but on Tuesday the company announced that it is bringing them to the web. Read more »
Facebook is reportedly working on a mobile news-reading app. Details are scant, but according to a WSJ report, the current iteration of the app has a Flipboard-like interface. Read more »
Web discovery engine Trapit is launching a set of tools for publishers. Publishing clients can use the tools to create their own white-label iPad and web apps that surface content around… Read more »
Social magazine Flipboard added eight new employees this week, including three former Hulu executives, bringing the company’s total head count to 77. Read more »
Read-it-later-service Pocket announced a partnership with Matter, the Kickstarter-backed science journalism startup. This is Pocket’s first publisher partnership. Subscribers to Matter can also access the stories from Pocket. Read more »
Social news app Flipboard aims to help readers discover books in a new partnership with Apple’s iBookstore. Flipboard takes a cut of each book sale made via its platform. Read more »
Facebook Stories, a new original content site that will focus on a different theme each month, is intended to highlight Facebook users’ stories. But with a former Time magazine reporter overseeing… Read more »