Though it’s not Hearst’s first magazine app, it is their first completely homegrown one. All of Hearst’s magazines already are available in digital format via third-party platforms, but Pop Mech is the first to be built directly by Hearst. The iPad version has a similar look and feel to the print magazine, as the reader [...]
In an effort to get back revenue that his print outlets have been losing, Rupert Murdoch is planning to charge for subscriptions to all of NewsCorp’s online content. This would probably include news websites like Dow Jones, Marketwatch, Financial News, and The New York Post to name a few. NewsCorp-owned Wall Street Journal was one [...]
While Condé Nast’s Portfolio, the glossy, covered big business and its celebrity elite, the new Portfolio.com provides service journalism for small business owners. The site now features content from some 40 local, weekly business journals and websites of American City Business Journals — itself a unit of Advance Publications. The New York Times Dec. 7, [...]
The Neilsen Company is hoping to provide combined ratings for TV and internet viewing. With more consumers watching TV episodes via the Internet, Neilsen has been under pressure to track viewership more effectively. These ratings are vitally important to the TV industry because they are used to sell an estimated $70 billion in advertising each year. [...]
Condé Nast Traveler has entered into a no-cash-exchanged, marketing partnership with the Gilt Groupe to promote the magazine on the luxury travel, discount website Jetsetter.com. The New York Times Oct. 21, 2009
In an announcement yesterday, Barnes & Noble said that it would offer more than 700,000 books that could be read on a wide range of electronic devices, including Apple’s iPhone, the BlackBerry and personal computers. Amazon.com currently offers about 330,000 for its Kindle device. The New York Times July 21, 2009
Min describes the site as sporting “… more of a magazine-like look and feel, with larger image blocks and bolder headlining, the redesign brings more of the Cosmo content to the surface. min online June 23, 2009
The service-journalism site, rdmoney.co.uk features a range of financial products including car insurance, home insurance and savings plans. It launched earlier this month. FIPP (UK) June 17, 2009
The linchpin — not putting everything up on the web for free. An interview with Cathie Black and Michael Clinton offers details. The New York Times May 31, 2009
A piece about finding a job during a recession in Fortune was light on words, but featured “a soundtrack, a troupe of improv actors…[and]…a mix of text, photo-illustrations, interactive graphics and video clips. AP via Yahoo! Tech News May 24, 2009