Newspapers around the country have been in a steady decline over the past few years, a decline that arguably began with nightly news coverage as more and more households bought a television. In essence, a daily newspaper prints yesterday's news, which is then read at the end of the work day, making it nearly two days old.Internet news access--most of it free above the cost … [Read more...] about Digital Newspapers Save the Local Coverage Market
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Digital Content Connects Business Travelers
The publishing industry has extolled the virtues of digital publishing--less waste, lower transport and delivery costs, a reduced carbon footprint--especially where periodicals are concerned, but there is more to delivering e-content in the form of newspapers and magazines than simply browsing through a magazine while you wait for the train.New data on travel, specifically … [Read more...] about Digital Content Connects Business Travelers
New Initiative Puts India Closer to Broader Digital Adoption
One of the early adoption markets for tablet use, K12 digital textbooks, and a thriving e-commerce site to offer ebooks was India, but recent reports have shown somewhat stagnant responses, which experts have attributed to a lack of reliable wifi and internet connectivity throughout the country, as well as concerns about posting credit card information on unreliable digital … [Read more...] about New Initiative Puts India Closer to Broader Digital Adoption
Need for Digital News Drives Users towards Dedicated Platforms
Internet news devotees have had to become very selective about the articles they read due to the abundance of available content, which has led many to adopt dedicated digital platforms that only display news from sources they choose. Apps like PressReader and Newsbeat have stepped up to fill the gap, and offer customizable options for current news, including region-specific … [Read more...] about Need for Digital News Drives Users towards Dedicated Platforms
New Virgin Hotel Chain Caters to Female Business Travelers
Well-lit vanity mirrors? Shower benches for leg shaving? Kinder lighting in the corridors? Why not?Some critics of Virgin Group Ltd., the chain of entertainment and service industry offerings owned by billionaire Richard Branson, have scoffed at the corporation's latest attempt to win over a key demographic with its new hospitality chain, Virgin Hotels. The luxury hotel … [Read more...] about New Virgin Hotel Chain Caters to Female Business Travelers
Tech Meets Innovation: The Hospitality Industry in the Digital Age
When consumers and experts alike think of the travel industry, transportation giants usually come to mind. But what savvy industry watchers are learning is that transportation is only one small part of the equation. Accommodations providers are driving the real shift in the travel industry, and of those, it’s the smaller companies and startups that are generating actual … [Read more...] about Tech Meets Innovation: The Hospitality Industry in the Digital Age
Magzter Unveils Unlimited Digital Magazine Subscription Platform
Magzter has been an anomaly in the digital magazine space, its primarily competitors have all been offering  unlimited magazines for a low monthly fee for quite sometime.  Instead of jumping into this space right away, Magzter has focused on securing more publishers to their platform and currently and developing their in-house tools to allow other companies to self-publish on … [Read more...] about Magzter Unveils Unlimited Digital Magazine Subscription Platform
PressReader Updates Android App for Free Newspaper and Magazine Downloading
PressReader has updated their official Android app for support for their brand new hotspot mapping system. It basically allows you to ride a companies wireless internet connection to download free magazines and newspapers.Pressreader markets their hotspot solution to hotels, cafes, corporations and retail stores. It basically allows anyone with a tablet or smartphone to … [Read more...] about PressReader Updates Android App for Free Newspaper and Magazine Downloading
Hearst Intends on Launching a New Magazine in 2016
Hearst Magazines, the company behind Elle, Cosmopolitan, and Good House Keeping is planning on launching a new publication in 2016. President David Carey made the bombshell announcement in his end of the year memo to employees."We hope to enlarge our print portfolio, through new joint ventures, spinoffs from existing titles and strategic acquisitions," Carey wrote in the … [Read more...] about Hearst Intends on Launching a New Magazine in 2016
Magzter Unveils New Tools for Enhanced Digital Magazines
Magzster is one of the largest digital magazine companies and it relies on publishers to effectively self-publish their content in order to distribute it on worldwide basis.  The company has just unveiled a new tool called MagEnhance.MagEnhance easily integrate real interactivity into modern magazines, which includes rich text, videos, animation, links, slideshows, and … [Read more...] about Magzter Unveils New Tools for Enhanced Digital Magazines
Celebrity Memoirs Have Peaked
Celebrity tell all books and memoirs have often sold enough copies to make the entire endeavor profitable for all parties involved. Lately, a number of flops have occurred and this has put the entire publishing business on notice.There is lots of finger pointing going on at Simon & Schuster over the recent flop of the Hillary Clinton book entitled Hard Choices. The … [Read more...] about Celebrity Memoirs Have Peaked
PressReader Now Offers 1,000 Digital Magazines
A number of years ago when the iPad became popular, the digital magazine scene was bright and vibrant. A number of companies were leading the download charts and inclusive apps that gave you access to hundreds of publications became standard. Â When Apple unveiled their Newsstand, companies started developing their own apps to offer unique experiences. Instead of relying on … [Read more...] about PressReader Now Offers 1,000 Digital Magazines
The Maritime Industry Embraces eBooks and Digital Newspapers
The Maritime industry is not the first thing you would think of when the conversation of digital books and newspapers comes up. There are over 70,000 cruise, cargo, oil rigs and military vessels in operation globally. The vast majority of staff that keep these operations running properly are workers from the Philippines, Malaysia, Russia and India. Many of the corporations … [Read more...] about The Maritime Industry Embraces eBooks and Digital Newspapers
Airlines Start Adopting eBooks, Magazines and Newspapers
North American and European airlines have adopted the gate to gate use of e-readers, smartphones and tablets. One of the big problems is that your devices have to be put in airplane mode and the vast majority of of vessels do not have wireless internet access. This has prompted a number of notable companies to offer eBooks, magazines and newspapers as part of the in-flight … [Read more...] about Airlines Start Adopting eBooks, Magazines and Newspapers