10-18-2012, 02:03 PM | #16 |
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I use the website more frequently than the IPad version so I would want access to the website. (shrugs)
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Aaannnnyyywaaayyyy.... Not all magazines need to go free but most will have (and in fact are trying) to find a balance between free, eyeball-attracting content and paid content. Neither can fund a viable operation by itself. What they need is a relatively low subscription for in-depth reports coupled with a free, fast updating website. The Economist does it pretty well but the digital subscription price needs to come down. In the pre-internet days most magazines really made their money on ads and the subscriptions and newstand sales rarely did more than pay for the print runs and operations. With digital, the print costs go away but the ad revenue is rarely sufficient to pay the staff, much less produce much profit. NEWSWEEK is likely to find that going digital is still not going to solve all their problems. Even specialty digital-only news sites are having difficulties these days. News Corp is now trying to get rid of IGN: http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012...ogame-website/ Interestingly, IGN would be a good fit over at MSN. |
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10-18-2012, 02:46 PM | #18 |
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I hope they put in place a transition program for print subscribers.
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10-19-2012, 09:07 AM | #19 |
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I have many magazine subscriptions that give both a hard copy and digital copy monthly. I'm sure in time they will all change to simply digital.
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10-19-2012, 09:25 AM | #20 |
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If things go digital there will be a bunch of waiting room tables that will get very lonely.
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10-19-2012, 12:29 PM | #21 |
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An old first generation iPad, with old eMagazines on it.
Personally, I usually take my Kobo Vox with me to appointments, so I am already covered for digital content. Last edited by StephenM; 10-19-2012 at 12:42 PM. |
10-21-2012, 02:55 PM | #22 | |
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Some people think Newsweek could have been saved:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=151 The Atlantic quotes Jonathan Alter: Quote:
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10-21-2012, 03:23 PM | #23 |
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Books? How quaint.
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