Conde Nast | Media

Anticipation and expectation: Did Esquire’s story trailer work?

by Justin Ellis on Feb 7, 2012 • No Comments

The Internet may have disrupted traditional journalism schedules — no need to wait for the 6 p.m. news or the next morning's paper — but that doesn't mean timing doesn't still matter. How many minutes pass before a reporter gets on the scene of breaking news. How much daylight is left between writing and an...

PaidContent.org / Publishers

Polar Mobile Raises $6 Million For Magazine Apps, Cross-Platform Services

by Ingrid Lunden on Jan 23, 2012 • No Comments

Polar Mobile—the Canadian startup that develops apps for big-name publishers like CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), Conde Nast, Sports Illustrated (NYSE: TWX), Shanghai Daily, Future Publishing (LSE: FUTR) and the WSJ—today announced two steps up in its growth: it has picked up an additional $6 million in funding and...

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Time Inc. Skips The CES Bins, Sort Of; Offers Free Downloads Of All Titles

by Staci D. Kramer on Jan 14, 2012 • No Comments

Not too long ago, grazing the magazine bins was a perk of going to a trade show. But consolidation and closures mean fewer publications—and digital platforms offer access to the info without lugging around the ones that are left. Time (NYSE: TWX) Inc.‘s solution at CES this year?

PaidContent.org / Publishers

Epicurious, Random House Partner To Sell Digital Cookbooks

by Laura Hazard Owen on Dec 19, 2011 • No Comments

Condé Nast cooking site Epicurious is selling Random House digital cookbooks that users can import into their “digital recipe boxes.” However, they cannot access the cookbooks they buy anywhere except through the Epicurious app and from the Epicurious website.

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120 Years Of ‘Vogue,’ Online For $1,575

by Laura Hazard Owen on Dec 9, 2011 • No Comments

In fashion, they say, what goes around comes around. Now designers, fashionistas and historians—as well as advertisers and the simply curious—can browse Vogue’s new digital archive for inspiration. It contains every page of every U.S. issue of Vogue published since the magazine launched in 1892, indexed and searchable. A yearly individual subscription is $1,575.

Nieman Journalism Lab / Publishers

Condé Nast: magazine publisher, app inventor

by Andrew Phelps on Dec 7, 2011 • No Comments

(A Santa clause: Spoilers lie ahead.) Last week Condé Nast debuted a free web app called Santa’s Hideout, a registry for children’s Christmas gifts. Kids browse a virtual toy store and build a wish list; parents set spending limits and share the list with friends and family. If someone buys a gift, Santa checks it......

Nieman Journalism Lab / Publishers

Your 2011 holiday gift guide, brought to you by the news

by Andrew Phelps on Dec 7, 2011 • No Comments

If you want to save journalism, you might turn to journalism this year for all your Christmas shopping. This weekend at NewsFoo, an O'Reilly "un-conference" for about 170 journalists and tech disrupters, the tech writer Mónica Guzmán posed a question: "Can't we [news organizations] sell anything besides articles?" Yes, it turns out, and there are...

MediaMemo / Publishers

The New Yorker Likes Sony’s "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," and Sony is Furious

by Peter Kafka on Dec 5, 2011 • No Comments

A story about embargoes. No, wait! Where are you going?

PaidContent.org / Publishers

Consumer Reports Launches iPad Subscriptions, 7 New Smartphone Apps

by Laura Hazard Owen on Dec 1, 2011 • No Comments

Consumer Reports, which named the iPad the top tablet earlier this year, is now adding subscriptions and free access for print subscribers to its iPad app. As part of its ongoing strategy to reach younger readers, it is also releasing seven new smartphone apps, including one that scans barcodes for instant access to CR ratings...

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Hearst’s Carey: We Will Have One Million Paying Digital Subscribers In 2012

by Ingrid Lunden on Nov 30, 2011 • No Comments

On the heels of the Economist claiming one million monthly mobile readers of its magazine across Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Android devices, another magazine publisher is gearing up to join the seven-figure club: Hearst says it is on track to reach one million paying subscribers to its digital editions in 2012,...

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