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Google Play Magazines arrives in UK for light reading ‘on the couch or on the go’

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Google Magazines arrives in UK for publications 'on the couch or on the go'

If you're across the pond and have been warming up a spot on your Android tablet or smartphone for Google Play Magazines, there's good news -- it's now in the UK Play Store. You'll be able to buy new or back issues from over a hundred UK publications like Hello!, Glamour and Total Film, either individually or by subscription. Categories include cooking, travel, sports and photography, and you can also grab free 14 or 30 day trials to peruse as well. If that sounds like your cup of Earl Grey, hit the source to grab it.

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Next Issue grows iPad library with addition of eight new magazine titles

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Next Issue grows iPad magazine library with addition of eight new titles

Next Issue -- the service unofficially billed as the Netflix of digital magazines -- has just announced an expansion of its catalog, adding eight additional titles to its tablet-based offering. This recent inclusion of big names brings the company's impressive library to a total of 80 even, letting iPad users now peruse the likes of New York Magazine, Food & Wine and Men's Fitness, just to name a few. Pricing for both Unlimited subscription tiers remains unchanged, with $10/mo still netting users access to 73 monthly and bi-weekly titles, while the more premium $15/mo service opens up the entire archive. As of now, these new additions won't work on Android slates, but the company promises "work is underway" to make them available across the board. Hit up the break to check out the official release.

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PlayStation: The Official Magazine being shuttered, will say farewell with holiday issue

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PlayStation: The Official Magazine being shuttered, will say farewell with holiday issue

The publisher of PlayStation: The Official Magazine has confirmed to Game Informer that the Sony-minded periodical will board up its doors by year's end. This isn't the first gaming zine that publisher Future US has called it quits on this year -- news of Nintendo Power's closure broke this August. Just like the Nintendo-centric themed publication, the PlayStation mag's last issue will be its holiday edition. However, unlike Newsweek's leap to a purely digital existence, there's no indication that the magazine could see life online.

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PlayStation: The Official Magazine being shuttered, will say farewell with holiday issue originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Nov 2012 08:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Newsweek to drop print edition after December 31st, gives the digital future a warm hug

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Newsweek to drop print edition after December 31st, gives the digital future a warm hug

It's no secret that print media is on its way out, as many regional and niche publications have had to either find a path through the digital wilderness or fold completely. We're still not used to national publications facing that ultimatum, though, which makes Newsweek's fresh decision to drop its print edition after December 31st both unusual and a bellwether. Anyone still yearning for the magazine's content after the presses stop will have to turn to the purely digital Newsweek Global or its The Daily Beast sibling, no matter how attached they are to the outlet's 80-year history with paper. The explanation for the cutoff remains a familiar story: print readership is dying on the vine and expensive to maintain, while web and tablet adoption is growing quickly enough that Newsweek believes it can make the switch without taking a long-term financial hit. Whether or not the transition works, it's evident the periodical knows its identity must be wrapped around an online presence -- figuratively, not literally.

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Newsweek to drop print edition after December 31st, gives the digital future a warm hug originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Coke Ad Turns Magazine into Amplifying iPod Dock

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Coca-Cola Brazil has created a unique ad for Capricho Magazine. The back page ad has tabs to allow you fold it up. You roll up the magazine, insert the ad into it’s own tabs and now you have an iPhone dock that not only holds your phone, it actually works as an amplifier too. I don’t think your home stereo has any real competition with this one but check out the video below to see (and hear) how it works:

Very creative and smart advertising because not only will consumers save the ad, they will save the entire magazine to use as an on-the-go amplifier. Simple and effective, you could easily recreate this with any other magazine with a thicker ad inside it. Not only that, it’s totally green as it’s 100% recyclable. All around win. (via foodiggity)

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Next Issue brings its all-you-can-read magazine store to the iPad, plans start at $10 a month

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Next Issue brings its allyoucanread magazine store to iOS, plans start at $10 a month

The last time we heard about Next Issue, the all-you-can-read magazine store was launching on Android, with an iOS version said to be coming soon. Three months later, the startup's made good on its promise: the storefront is now up and running on iOS, with an iPad app live in the US App Store. If you're not familiar with the way Next Issue works, it's angling to be the Netflix of digital magazines, with a monthly subscription getting you unfettered access to a library of 39 titles. In brief, the fees break down to $10 per month for all the monthly and bi-weekly mags, and $15 if you want all that plus access to tabloids and other weeklies. One last thing: the free app is just the magazine reader; you'll need to download the apps through Next Issue's browser-based store.

Now, if you're wondering what sorts of magazines will be represented in that list of 40-some-odd titles, know that every bigwig in magazine publishing is on board: Conde Nast, Time, Hearst, Meredith and News Corp. That means the The New Yorker is included, as are Esquire, GQ, Vanity Fair, Sports Illustrated and Popular Mechanics. In an interview, a company rep told us that Next Issue Media hopes to double the catalog by year's end, as well as ink deals with additional publishers. The biggest caveat, it seems, is that content providers have the prerogative to make a title available on one platform but not the other, so don't count on the iOS and Android apps offering identical selections. Feeling a bit tentative? The company is offering new customers a 30-day free trial, and we've also got not one, but four (yes, four) demo videos after the break.

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Next Issue brings its all-you-can-read magazine store to the iPad, plans start at $10 a month originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google Play starts selling movies, TV shows (single episode or full season) and magazines today

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Google Play starts selling movies, TV shows single episode or full season and magazines today

The Android Market became Google Play to focus on how it pushes media, and now it's adding a few new options. On stage at Google I/O 2012 the company just announced it's adding support for the purchase of movies, as well as TV shows by episode or by season, and even magazines all available today. That's in addition to the existing apps, movie rentals, music and books. Oh, and look, Google just introduced a new tablet that you can use to access all of that content. We'll keep an eye out for an exact list of all the new media partners, although mentioned on stage were magazines including Hearst, Conde Nast and Meredith long with TV networks Disney / ABC, NBC Universal, Sony Pictures and Paramount . Check out our Google I/O live blog for even more details as they're announced, and look after the break for video introductions.

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Google Play starts selling movies, TV shows (single episode or full season) and magazines today originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Layar chief exits CEO spot in favor of print guru, edges closer to augmented reality magazine dreams

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Layar chief exits CEO spot in favor of print guru, edges closer to augmented reality magazine dreams

Layar previously signaled that it wants to get into augmented reality print media, and its founder Raimo van der Klein is putting his money (or at least, his title) where his mouth is. He's leaving the CEO position in favor of Quintin Schevernels, who comes from the print publishing world as VNU Media's COO. Van der Klein will hang around as Creative Director to keep the company pushing forward in new directions, but he sees most of the money-making coming from print-friendly tools like Layar Creator -- it only makes sense to have someone who's well-steeped in the medium (and who can turn a profit) running the show. Schevernels hasn't signaled any grand strategy changes in his first few hours on the job, although he might not be in any rush following the launches of apps like Stiktu. We'd just be ready for a whole lot of augmented reality magazines and cereal boxes in the near future.

Layar chief exits CEO spot in favor of print guru, edges closer to augmented reality magazine dreams originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Adobe upgrades its Digital Publishing Suite with iPhone viewer, improved social media features

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Between rolling out Creative Suite 6, Creative Cloud and a new video platform for broadcasters, Adobe's been mighty busy lately. If that's not evidence enough that the outfit is making good on its promise to restructure around digital media, hear this: the company just announced a slew of enhancements to its Digital Publishing Suite (DPS), which Conde Nast and others use to format magazines for mobile devices. For starters, publishers now have a way to tailor content specifically for the iPhone, just as they can for the iPad, Kindle Fire and Android tablets. So far, we know Conde Nast will be using this tool to build a modified edition of The New Yorker, though Conde Nast hasn't announced when it will become available for download. Meanwhile, art departments used to working in InDesign can now take a single a layout and repurpose it across multiple devices. Similarly, DPS is now integrated with Adobe Edge, which means publishers can create HTML5 animations and then easily port them over to their digital editions.

Moving on, SocialSharing is exactly what it sounds like: it promises to make it easier for people reading these magazines to share stories using built-in email, Twitter and Facebook functionality. Getting more granular, a new font rights policy means that once a publishing company buys rights to use a certain font, it won't have to pay additional per-usage fees every time someone downloads the app. Lastly, Adobe announced that Meredith, the company that brings you (yes, you) Better Homes and Gardens, Parents and Fitness will also begin using the platform to create digital editions. Hold onto your britches, kids.

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Adobe upgrades its Digital Publishing Suite with iPhone viewer, improved social media features originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 May 2012 09:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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