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Software

Conde Nast Thinks You’ll Buy Mags As iPhone Apps, $US3 A Piece

7:08AM Wilson Rothman | People bitching that B&N and Amazon charge $US10 for sweet lengthy timeless novels get ready: Conde Nast wants to sell monthly ad-supported magazines, rejiggered for your iPhone, for $US3 each, starting with December issue of GQ. More »
Random Stuff

Conde Nast Closes Four Magazines, Focusing On Digital Distribution

11:00AM Jason Chen | Normally the closure of two bridal magazines, a dining magazine and a mum magazine wouldn’t be notable; except that this time their publisher, Conde Nast, notes that they’re going to focus on digital distribution instead. More »
Online

Time’s “Hulu For Magazines” Idea Is So, So Doomed

2:40AM Matt Buchanan | Magazines are basically f–ked. They know this, and figure the only way they’re going to survive is if they manage to successfully navigate the transition to digital. Time’s grand plan? A “Hulu for magazines”. Oh boy. More »
Press

Conde Nast Buys Ars Technica

1:38PM Brian Lam | Conde Nast and Wired bought Ars Technica for a rumoured US$25 million. More details are coming on Monday but I’m happy to see friends at both Wired and Ars get together in this deal. [Techcrunch, Thanks Arn] More »