Texture is shutting down on May 28th

Texture is an unlimited magazine subscription platform and Apple acquired it last…

Apple will launch their new Texture Service on March 25th

Sources in the digital publishing industry have told Good e-Reader that Apple…

Apple Texture Relaunch has digital newspaper companies worried

The Texture relaunch will be a premium product that will be rolled into Apple News. As part of this relaunch, Apple is looking to incorporate newspapers as well as magazines, but it sounds like some publishers aren’t sold on the all-you-can-eat approach to news. They worry that Texture may effectively steal subscribers by offering access for less than some of these publications charge for their own subscriptions. Top-tier newspapers like The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times are the primary focus for Apple, both of which provide a small selection of free content in the News app today. But getting just a small piece of Apple’s $10 subscription would be a huge drop in per-reader revenue for those daily newspapers. Apple believes that newspaper publishers would be making a substantial amount of money – potentially more money than some publications make from their existing subscriber bases. The pitch to newspaper companies is that the Apple News app is installed by default in 1.3 billion iOS devices (and is part of macOS Mojave, too). Even if just a fraction of those users subscribe to the premium Texture content, it could mean tens of millions of new subscribers or more. Just a few cents a month from each of them could generate millions in revenue for those newspapers.

Apple might bundle news and magazines with music and video

Apple is looking to become a viable player in the online subscription…

Rogers slashes 75 jobs in their print and digital publishing division

Rogers has just slashed 75 full-time employees, reducing the size of publishing team…

Texture is discontinuing their Windows app

Texture is one of the few unlimited digital magazine services in the…

Apple Acquires Digital Magazine Subscription Service Texture

Texture is one of the few companies operating in the unlimited magazine…

Texture is launching a one million dollar ad campaign

Texture is one of the largest digital magazine platforms and is currently…

Rogers Media is pivoting their magazine business to digital

Rogers Media is shutting down the print editions of Flare, Sportsnet, MoneySense and…

You Can Now Buy A Texture Subscription Within ther iOS App

Texture by Next Issue has just updated their app for the iPhone…

App Review – Texture – Formerly Next Issue

Texture, formerly known as Next Issue is an unlimited magazine subscription service…

Next Issue Randomly Rebrands themselves as Texture

Next Issue has been in the unlimited magazine subscription game since 2012…