The Pulitzer Prize for journalism has now been extended to print and digital magazines. This category now contains not only magazines, but also feature length and investigative reporting for newspapers too. In the past, publications that were identified as magazines were ineligible to compete for a Pulitzer in any category. Many Americans in the last few years have … [Read more...] about Digital Magazines Now Qualify for the Pulitzer Prize
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Canadians Firmly Embrace Digital Magazines on Smartphones
Canada is forecasted to be the 5th highest ranked market in 2015 for the adoption of new media technology. This is not only due to the increased ownership of smartphones, tablets and e-readers, but publishers making content that shines on these devices. The number of mobile phone internet users in Canada continues to increase, projected to reach 23.6 million in 2018. … [Read more...] about Canadians Firmly Embrace Digital Magazines on Smartphones
PressReader Kiosk Adds 50+ Titles From Singapore Press Holdings Magazines
NewspaperDirect announced more than 50 titles from Singapore Press Holding Magazines will now be available via PressReader as well as its online site, PressDisplay.com. PressReader is already considered the world’s largest publication kiosk app, which no doubt will get a further boost to its appeal now that it has 50 more publications in its catalog from a publisher as … [Read more...] about PressReader Kiosk Adds 50+ Titles From Singapore Press Holdings Magazines
Interview: Symbolia Editor Erin Polgreen on Graphic Journalism for the Tablet
Symbolia is a magazine of graphic journalism designed specifically for the tablet; the navigation and pageflow are completely different from anything found in a print magazine, and the use of the comics medium opens up new possibilities for nonfiction storytelling. The magazine launched late last year as an iPad app, which includes a free issue; the first issue is also … [Read more...] about Interview: Symbolia Editor Erin Polgreen on Graphic Journalism for the Tablet
Periodical Reading on Tablets on the Rise, Kindle Fire in the Lead
comScore, a global leader in measuring statistics on digital content consumption, released its findingson digital magazine and newspaper use by consumers for the previous period. While the overall numbers of subscribers who read throughout a one-month period on their tablets wasn’t surprising—and in fact, was a very encouraging indicator of consumer choice—there were some … [Read more...] about Periodical Reading on Tablets on the Rise, Kindle Fire in the Lead
How has your Reading habits changed during 2011?
E-Readers and tablets in 2011 have really come into their own and are readily available to suit most peoples financial budgets. Now more then ever newspapers, magazines and books are readily available in digital format. Marvel, DC, Darkhorse and other comic books companies have all come to an understanding that it is in their best interest to release the digital format on the … [Read more...] about How has your Reading habits changed during 2011?
iOS 5 newsstand leads to surge in iPad magazine subscriptions
One of the key features of the iOS 5 is the inclusion of the newsstand feature and publishers are already reaping huge profits. Like Conde Nast -- publishers of magazines such as Allure, Brides, Glamour, Self, GQ, Golf Digest, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and Wired -- that has reported a huge jump in digital subscriptions, a whooping 268 percent for subscriptions and 142 percent … [Read more...] about iOS 5 newsstand leads to surge in iPad magazine subscriptions
Nook Color Beating iPad in Key Subscriptions
Apple made a few headlines this year with the anxiety over its app subscription model. Consumers were more than a little displeased to find out that their favorite magazines were costing upwards of $250 a year, the same as the newsstand price, to read them on their iPads. At the same time, big-name retailers had a battle of sorts with the tablet giant over the ability to send … [Read more...] about Nook Color Beating iPad in Key Subscriptions
iPad Magazine Sales Plummet
While the iPad might be rewriting sales records, unfortunately, the same can't be said of the magazine apps that is on offer on the iPad. The Apple tablet made have made the right start but it seems, it is finding it difficult to hold on to the initial figures any more. For the number crunchers, here are some figures to dwell upon as revealed by the Audit Bureau of … [Read more...] about iPad Magazine Sales Plummet