Bonnier Corp. Named Publishing Innovator of the Year

Bonnier Corp. was recognized for its innovation in magazine publishing with a Publishing Innovator of the Year award at the recent Publishing Business Conference & Expo, presented by Publishing Executive and Book Businessmagazines. The publisher was honored at a special reception at the New York Marriott Marquis, Times Square, attended by approximately 70 VIP guests from the publishing industry—including executives from Esquire, The Onion, U.S. News & World Report, Merriam-Webster, Wolters Kluwer and Fierce Markets. 


http://www.pubexec.com/article/bonnier-corp-named-publishing-innovator-year/1

Condé Nast is making customers very app-y

Consumers may start seeing more free downloads of tablet editions from Condé Nast magazines -- at least as temporary traffic builders.
Industry watchers were wondering what was up last week following the appearance of a free May issue of Wired magazine underwritten by Adobe. It comes after a full year of offering paid editions of Condé Nast's trend-setting tech magazine.

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SI Golf Group’s Front9 for iPad Takes a Golf Lesson from EW’s ‘Must List’

If Sports Illustrated Golf Group’s new Front9 app for iPad looks a good deal like Entertainment Weekly’s popular ‘Must List’ on the same platform, the resemblance is intentional. The publisher of Golf magazine and Golf.com takes an interactive page from the sister pub at Time Inc. by using its engine to power very different content. Front9 puts on a single, attractive page of tiles the top nine golf-related stories, product news, games, apps, travel tips editors feel golf fans need to know that week. Each story clicks through to details, related Web sites, buy buttons, etc. The content is refreshed each week.
http://www.minonline.com/news/SI-Golf-Groups-Front9-for-iPad-Takes-a-Golf-Lesson-from-EWs-Must-List_16906.html

Adobe's Latest Update Caters to Tablets

With the most recent update to its popular suite of digital content tools, Adobe Systems Inc. aims to strengthen relationships with Web developers through more-frequent updates and flexible pricing.
Adobe's Creative Suite 5.5 release will be the first in a series of major product updates every two years, plus mid-cycle releases aimed at giving creative people the latest tools and keeping Adobe ahead of the fast-moving mobile device market.

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14 Newspaper, Magazine & Comic Book Apps in iPad Top 200 Grossing List. But, Where’s TIME, Newsweek & National Geographic

The effort to move newspapers and magazines out of the paperbound 19th and 20th centuries into the 21st century fascinates me. It fascintes me because I they were important and should survive to continue to contribute to our culture and record our history. So, how are they doing on the iPad? 


http://socialtimes.com/14-newspaper-magazine-comic-book-apps-in-ipad-top-200-grossing-list-but-wheres-time-newsweek-national-geographic_b57914

Personalized Magazine Apps: Cutting the Web Down to Size

Zite ran into a roadblock just three weeks after it debuted, when a gaggle of major media companies sent a cease-and-decease letter to its creators. They were irked with the way it sucked in articles from their sites, reformatted them, and stripped out all the advertising, thereby competing with their own sites and apps without seeking permission or providing compensation. The complainants included Time Inc., owner of you-know-who.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2065112,00.html#ixzz1JbwA0Zk0