apple
Interesting piece from a couple of months ago, on the faltering pace of change in tablet magazines [http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2014/09/why-your-tablet-magazine-isnt-getting-any-better/] . It makes a good case for what’s gone wrong – and an even more compelling one for some missed opportunities: > A successful tablet magazine
digital editions
While I’m quoting Tweets: > The people have spoken. And they have said: stop delivering bloated-for-no-reason payloads to my iPad each month. pic.twitter.com/O0E3BZA24F [http://t.co/O0E3BZA24F]— MG Siegler (@parislemon) September 14, 2014 [https://twitter.com/parislemon/status/511273684502605824] Hard to disagree. And people have been
iPad
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/04/newsstand-again-3682.html] David Jacobs of 29th Street Publishing [http://www.29.io] talking about magazine apps: > What we have learned is that the replica will never be successful. Consumers have soundly rejected them: digital subscriptions make up only 3% of
B2B
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/01/ios7-newsstand-screenie-3443.html] When this morning’s TheMediaBriefing B2B e-mail [http://briefing-media.msgfocus.com/q/1mfce7ntidXCHtCpQJC3/wv] (written by one of my ex-students, Henry Taylor…) hit my in-box, I learnt of this article by DB Hebbard [http://www.talkingnewmedia.com/2014/01/
apps
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/12/newsstand-7.jpg] This piece tallies with what I’m hearing about magazine apps on tablets [http://gigaom.com/2013/12/15/the-tablet-magazine-ship-is-sinking-fast/] right now: > Publishers must break free of the Newsstand and InDesign/PDF trap and invest in
bundling
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/07/image.jpg] Don Brown on tablet magazine editions [http://donbrownsblog.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/will-digital-save-print/]: > Where publishers are seeing interesting stats is with ‘bundled’ subscriptions. What seems to be happening is that the digital version deepens these
Android
Jasper Jackson [http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/google-magazines-is-it-a-credible-competitor-to-newsstand] : > But is Google’s content store anywhere near being a credible competitor to Apple’s Newsstand, which has had a year headstart and can tap into Apple’s customer base of more than 400 million? Spoiler: The answer’s “no”. It’
iPad
Is Newsstand publishing about to become as easy as blogging [http://www.niemanlab.org/2012/12/29th-street-publishing-wants-to-make-selling-magazines-for-ipads-as-easy-as-blogging/] ? > Publishing to a Newsstand app looks a lot like publishing a blog post, a matter of filling in fields — but instead of hitting “Publish” and winding up at a URL, you pop
adobe DPS
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/11/adobe-digital-publishing-summit.jpg] This year was meant to be the year where I was deep in the production of tablet editions of various B2B mags. Life didn’t work out that way, but when I was offered the chance to
elections
Five things that are worth reading over your morning coffee… * The shop window is the only place to be in the digital high street [http://whatsheonaboutnow.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/the-shop-window-is-only-place-to-be-in.html] – a nice summation of the problems with Apple’s Newsstand, based on David Hepworth’s experience with
content strategy
Read and enjoy: * Are digital editions attracting new readers [http://emediavitals.com/content/digital-editions-attracting-new-audiences-not-just-print-readers?utm_source=Daily+Buzz&utm_campaign=20303f8505-_nb_DB_03-12-2012&utm_medium=email#.T14GwULnhTM.twitter] ? * What is disruption and how can it be harnessed [http://www.asymco.com/2012/03/12/what-is-disruption-and-how-can-it-be-harnessed1/?utm_source=
business models
Ron Diorio, VP of business development & innovation director, Economist Media Group [https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/02/rondiorio.jpg] What is a platform? asked Ron, rattling through a list of OSes, apps and social networks, to a mixed response from the audience – there was
