Google wants to take its tablet magazine storefront global. But, while its media partnerships executive Madhav Chinnappa expands mobile initiatives, he faces proposed European legislation that could impact on Google News’… Read more »
Subsidized reading devices are a reality for digital content publishers. News Corp’s Times is giving a big discount off Google’s Nexus 7 to folks who pay for its news each month. Read more »
News Corp concedes its pioneering tablet-only news title is not popular enough to continue as anything other than a learning exercise, marking the failure of one aspect of Rupert Murdoch’s tablet… Read more »
Tablet content is seeing higher engagement than that desktop web. But can tablets do the same for advertising, whose classic banner format is ‘cratering’? Read more »
Many publishers are beginning to realize the prospect of selling stuff to readers. Women’s magazine Grazia is the latest to try, by reorienting its iPad edition as a fashion and beauty… Read more »
As it launches a new weekly tech magazine on iPad, publisher Future puts some numbers on impressive tablet magazine gains, but overall revenue is slightly down. Read more »
Despite that famous 1996 declaration, many publishers have struggled to find effective consumer offerings online. But now a perfect storm of new models and prospects gives renewed confidence for many. Read more »
A start-up is trying to bring Next Issue Media-style magazine subscriptions to European iPads. But Le Kiosk is taking on €5.6 million in funding to improve its underlying tech with social… Read more »
Should publications go to tablets with cheap print replicas or costly interactive editions? The Daily Mail has both – and now is trying to inject more interactivity in to its page-turner. Read more »
Virgin Media is the latest TV platform operator to launch on-the-go viewing and in-home remote controlling in a combined iPhone and iPad app. It’s a welcome and belated addition, but some… Read more »