Skiff looked like an ideal, if gigantic, dedicated eReader – especially as a newspaper facsimile. Dan liked it in January. News Corp has purchased the software platform from Hearst – but not the hardware. So consider it dead for now. [MediaMemo]
The Great iPad Magazine isn’t here yet – but it’s getting closer all the time. Popular Mechanics‘ app, set to launch next month, already looks like the new best magazine on the iPad. More »
Rather than provide quality content to the App Store, humongous publisher Hearst is taking a page from the now-banned Perfect Acumen playbook: charge people for other people’s content. More »
That “Hulu for magazines” is happening. It’s impressive in its sense of scope and desperation, with Time, Hearst and Conde Nast – bitter rivals that publish more than 50 magazines altogether – coming together to save print magazines by mummifying them digitally. More »
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 »
Global publishing giant Hearst, the name behind newspapers like the San Francisco Chronicle and magazines like Esquire and Popular Mechanics, is planning a wireless e-reader with a large screen.
