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UK GQ subscribers will get iPad version for free

by Michael Grothaus (Jun 10th, 2011)

Conde Nast has told Pocket-lint that UK subscribers to its print edition of GQ will get the iPad version of the magazine for free. Currently the UK GQ Magazine iPad app is a free download, but users have to pay £2.40 per issue. However, Conde Nast is working with Apple to bring annual ...

Time Inc. exec makes the leap to iPad startup Flipboard

by Michael Grothaus (Jun 4th, 2011)

The New York Post is reporting that digital journalist Josh Quittner is leaving Time magazine to join startup Flipboard as its new editorial director. Flipboard is a personalized social magazine app for the iPad. You can enter your Facebook and Twitter accounts and follow any number of sites' RSS ...

Gourmet Live now available for iPhone

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 2nd, 2011)

Gourmet Magazine closed shop a few years ago and has lived on through its Gourmet Live app for the iPad. A little less than a year after its iPad app debuted, the company rolled out an iPhone version. Both the iPhone and iPad app lets you browse recipes and read articles from their large ...

Time Inc. magazine subscribers to get iPad versions for free

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 2nd, 2011)

Time Inc. is reportedly in talks with Apple to let print subscribers access the iPad version of its magazines for free. According to a Wall Street Journal report, subscribers to Sports Illustrated, Time and Fortune magazines will be able to download the iPad app and use the app's built-in ...

New Wired for iPad issue out now, Adobe's picking up the tab

by Steven Sande (Apr 28th, 2011)

Want to try out Wired Magazine for iPad, but you're not too thrilled about paying US$3.99 for the latest issue? In an attempt to encourage potential subscribers to push the buy button in the future, and to show off some new features in the app, Wired 19.05 (otherwise known as the May 2011 ...

News.me for iPad launches today as a paid social magazine

by Mel Martin (Apr 21st, 2011)

News.me, the latest iPad news reader, wants to outdo apps like Flipboard and Zite by being "smarter" about the content it delivers. The app is free, and you can use it for a week, but after that it is US$0.99 a week or $34.99 a year. To use the app you need a Twitter account. When you log in, ...

Bloomberg Businessweek is the latest iPad subscription magazine

by Steven Sande (Apr 11th, 2011)

Fortune Tech is reporting that another major magazine publisher has agreed to Apple's terms for iTunes magazine subscriptions, increasing the grand total to ... four. Bloomberg Businessweek (free iPad app) joins Maxim, Elle and Popular Science as the fourth magazine to provide subscriptions ...

Atomix is the iPad's first video game magazine

by Chris Ward (Apr 8th, 2011)

There are more and more magazines appearing on the iPad now, some good and some bad. Atomix is definitely at the good end of the spectrum, not least because it's being produced by Area 5, former creators of the 1UP Show at 1UP.com. "The iPad app is intended as a global product," says Atomix ...

Social sharing on The Daily dropping fast

by Mike Schramm (Apr 6th, 2011)

The Nieman Journalism Lab reports that social sharing from iPad news app The Daily is falling precipitously, according to data from a firm called PostRank. Social sharing is when users share content on networks like Twitter or Facebook; the average number of pieces shared from The Daily on ...

Popular Science has sold 10,000 iPad magazine subscriptions

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 31st, 2011)

When Apple introduced its new subscription terms earlier this year, Popular Science embraced this change and introduced subscription-based billing into its iPad-based magazine. Now that six weeks have elapsed, publisher Bonnier Technology Group is happy to report that Pop Sci now has 10,000 iPad ...

Consumer Reports Digital Edition for iPad not recommended

by Mel Martin (Mar 1st, 2011)

Consumer Reports has kind of a spotty reputation with Apple fans. They've liked most Mac desktops and laptops, but the magazine famously dissed the AT&T iPhone 4 and, just last week, trashed the Verizon iPhone 4 as well. Back in September of 2010, Consumer Reports put out a helpful, but ...

Get MacTech Magazine for postage, we'll pick up the subscription fees

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Feb 8th, 2011)

Are you a Mac tech? You should really be reading MacTech Magazine, my friend. We've arranged with our pals at MacTech Magazine to give you a TUAW-sponsored subscription. Basically, we'll take care of your magazine subscription -- you just pay the postage. For US readers, this is $9.95 for six issues ...

Periodicals on App Store must offer in-app subscriptions by March 31

by Chris Rawson (Feb 3rd, 2011)

According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple will require any subscription-based periodical apps on the App Store to offer an in-app purchase option by March 31 or else face rejection. While that may sound like a fairly draconian demand on Apple's part, the Journal also notes (albeit way down in the ...

Former Newsweek editor planning iPad magazines

by David Quilty (Jan 26th, 2011)

Former Newsweek Magazine President Mark Edmiston is planning to launch a set of magazines formatted for the iPad, according to a report out from Mashable today. Nomad Editions, a new media company launched by Edmiston, started releasing five digital weekly magazines this past fall: Real Eats, Wave ...

Cover design contest announced for Branson's iPad magazine 'Project'

by David Quilty (Dec 6th, 2010)

Last week, we wrote about the release of Richard Branson's iPad-only magazine Project, and this week brings us a contest to design the publication's cover. Interested designers were to participate in a scavenger hunt held in both New York and San Francisco, where they had to locate one of four paper ...