Why tablet magazines aren't getting any better
Four years in Internet time is forever, yet tablet magazine innovation sputters. Here's why (PBS)I looked at my first tablet magazine in 2010. With a few exceptions, the ones I look at today aren’t all...
View ArticleThe 10% digital-to-print rule: understanding digital mags
With no print magazine or established website to help drive digital subscriptions, some digital-only publishers are struggling (Talking New Media)There is an ongoing debate concerning what exactly a...
View ArticleApple iPad Air 2 to break mobile networks' stranglehold
Built-in Apple sim removes the need for the little white plastic card from mobile phone operators allowing users to switch networks on-the-fly (Guardian) Apple’s new 4G-capable iPad Air 2 has a...
View ArticleApple iPad sales tank but iPhone is doing great
Despite a growing tablet market, quarterly iPad sales clocked in at 12.3 million units, a 13% decline over the year-earlier quarter (ReadWrite)Apple needs a serious update to its iPad line more than...
View ArticleLibraries Embrace Tablets over e-Readers
Tablets to take over, new report predicts. (Good E-Reader)A few years ago there was a dream where thousands of libraries all over the US and Canada would be able to loan out e-readers to patrons, in...
View ArticleNews UK finds tablet ads as memorable as print
The advertising in tablet editions of newspapers are processed by readers in a way far closer to the print experience than previously thought (Media Week)The content and advertising in tablet editions...
View ArticleCity A.M. launches new Apple Newsstand and Android app
App features unique dialogue box at app open which invites the reader to complete a form to share their information with the publisher (Talking New Media)The London free daily business newspaper City...
View ArticleGlobal tablet market is slowing down
The worldwide tablet market will only grow 7.2 percent this year, a huge drop from the 52.5 percent growth it saw in 2013 (Gigaom)It’s been clear for a while that iPads and other tablets follow a much...
View ArticleAmazon's tablet strategy pays off as sales jump
Amazon announced that sales of its Fire tablets were up three times year over year on Black Friday, and Kindle e-readers did even better (TheStreet)As shoppers turned increasingly to Amazon for their...
View ArticleMediaVest no longer accepting tablet circulation
MediaVest has told eight US publishers that it will no longer count iPad and other tablet circulation toward their magazines' circulation guarantees (AdAge)MediaVest, an influential media-buying agency...
View ArticleThe iPhone may be booming, but the iPad is still cratering
The once iconic tablet has posted its first full calendar year of decline, selling just 63 million iPads in 2014, the lowest number since launch (ReadWrite)Lurking behind Apple's dazzling...
View ArticleUK tablet penetration to surpass 50% this year
The latest research from eMarketer suggests the percentage of consumers accessing a tablet at least once a year will rise to 60 per cent by 2019 (The Drum)Continued growth in the UK tablet market is...
View ArticleWall Street Journal to launch first site redesign in 7 years
WSJ has also announced an Apple Watch app and plans for a new integrated newsroom to up its digital strategy (Journalism.co.uk)The Wall Street Journal is to launch its first web redesign in seven...
View ArticleTablet sales diminish for Apple and Samsung alike
iPad sales fell 23% in the first quarter of 2015 compared with last year, according to ABI Research (Digital Book World)Apple’s iPad sales fell 23% in the first quarter of 2015 compared with the same...
View ArticleThree-quarters would not pay for online news
Reuters study: 75 per cent of Britons won't pay for web stories, half use BBC News online (Press Gazette)A survey of more than 2,000 UK adults found that 75 per cent would not pay for online news at...
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