magazines
Gadgets
Apple Pitches Tablet To Australian Media
12:26AM Rosa Golijan | There’s excitement that Apple is in talks with Australian media companies to get content for a touchscreen reader-style product. It’s not news to us, but at least there’s a laugh in the size details given for the mystery device… More »
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 »
Screens
Using The Red One And 5d Mark II To Create Living Magazines
10:20AM Adam Frucci | Magazines are going down the crapper as a medium, but the crew at Alexx Henry photography envisions a world where OLED and eInk screens put motion into mags and makes them cutting-edge. 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 »
Computers
9:00PM Brian Lam | Steve Jobs said people don’t read any more. But Apple is talks with several media companies rooted in print, negotiating content for a “new device.” And they’re not just going for ebooks and mags. They’re aiming to redefine print. More »
Apple Tablet Aiming To Redefine Newspapers, Textbooks
9:00PM Brian Lam | Steve Jobs said people don’t read any more. But Apple is talks with several media companies rooted in print, negotiating content for a “new device.” And they’re not just going for ebooks and mags. They’re aiming to redefine print. More »
Design
How Wired Covers Are Made: Creative Director Scott Dadich
4:39AM Brian Lam | My buddy Chris Hardwick posted this video of my buddy Scott Dadich speaking about how he makes covers for Wired Magazine. [Fora via nerdist] More »
Online
1:00PM Nick Broughall | It’s not like there’s a shortage of Apple-specific publications around the world and on the Internet, but the latest one is actually worth a bit of your time. Mac The Mag is an online magazine, edited by former Australian Macworld editor Mathew JC. Powell, and it has officially launched its first issue. More »
Mac The Magazine Officially Launches
1:00PM Nick Broughall | It’s not like there’s a shortage of Apple-specific publications around the world and on the Internet, but the latest one is actually worth a bit of your time. Mac The Mag is an online magazine, edited by former Australian Macworld editor Mathew JC. Powell, and it has officially launched its first issue. More »
Business
Magazine Industry Finally Checks “Video Content” Off Its Bucket List
4:40AM John Herrman | That’s right, aging denizens of the 50s, futuristic video magazines are here. Almost. Come fall, Entertainment Weekly will feature its first full-motion advertisement, to sell you on a technology called “television”. More »
Design
