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WIRED announced that the first-ever magazine advertisement utilizing Near Field Communication (NFC) technology will appear in its April issue. Readers who own NFC-enabled Android smartphones can launch a mobile website allowing them to test-drive the new Lexus Enform with Safety Connect, Lexus’ in-car navigation and information service by simply placing their phone near the ad. [...]
Its been quite some time since I reviewed Zite, the popular iPad digital personal magazine, and now its available as an iPhone or iPod app. As usual, I was skeptical if the magazine could make a transition to smaller format but the now-CNN-owned company developed a beautiful app that Zite fans will love. Lately, Zite [...]
The NBM Show is brought to you by A&E, Printwear and Sign & Digital Graphics magazines and is the place where these three business publications come to life. You will find the very latest in sign making, digital printing, apparel decorating, engraving and personalization, all in the same exhibit hall! By combining three syngeristic markets [...]
Magazine publisher Condé Nast has agreed to relocate its global headquarters to 1 World Trade Centre. Condé Nast announced May 17 that it had agreed to move its corporate headquarters to New York’s Freedom Tower, the skyscraper being built on the site of “Ground Zero,” where the World Trade Center’s twin towers were destroyed on [...]
Better Homes and Gardens is the one magazine that helps you turn your home into a comfy, inviting haven. Every issue is packed with bedrooms that wrap you in warmth … kitchens that start your day with sunshine … gardens that greet you with gladness … porches that put you at peace … and recipes [...]
As of last Wednesday, Flipboard have some serious competition: a free app called Zite that is constantly learning what you like to read on the iPad and creating a magazine finely tailored to your needs. How often do you actually read Flipboard? Does Flipboard really help you discover content that got buried in your Twitter [...]
While reading this month’s Bon Appétit magazine, I spotted this ad that pictured Michael Phelps and the above copy. The ad seems to be widespread as I have also seen it in People and Entertainment magazines. The leaders of five major magazine companies—Charles H. Townsend, Condé Nast; Cathie Black, Hearst Magazines; Jack Griffin, Meredith Corporation; [...]
By Rachel Rose Hartman Billing itself as the “first national magazine for, by and about the Tea Party Movement” a new periodical called the Tea Party Review debuts this week at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C. But as befits the incendiary movement that lends the publication its name, the magazine’s [...]
NEW YORK—Feb. 11, 2011—Time Inc. and Sports Illustrated announced the introduction of new “All Access” digital subscription plans that will deliver the iconic print magazine to consumers at all touch points (or on all platforms), beginning today with Android tablets and smartphones, as well as on the Web. This is the first of Time Inc.’s [...]
We commonly read the UK-based PrintWeek.com to stay up-to-date in printing news. Our own site, PrintReady.co, is more of a news blog for printers that highlights only a few major stories per day. We cover major news and tips related to printing, publishing and technology relevant to graphics communications. PrintWeek hits on everything and focuses [...]
Bill Cromwell at Media Life posts that the newsstand slide for consumer magazines isn’t quite over. For the six months ending in December, single-copy sales of 451 magazines declined 7.27 percent, from 35,283,996 in 2009 to 32,719,446 in 2010. This information was tracked by tracked by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Newsstand sales have been [...]
After some disappointing initial sales, magazine publishers are looking to offer their own digital storefront for tablet-based magazines, just as Apple is set to announce a subscription model for tablet and iPad-based magazines, according to two separate reports. According to The Wall Street Journal [subscription required], Next Issue Media, a joint venture between five media [...]
