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PRSS Digital Magazine Platform Acquired By Apple

Apple has acquired Dutch digital magazine startup Prss, a platform that makes it easy to create iPad-compatible magazines using tools that don’t require any knowledge of code. The company is ess

Digital Magazine Startup Magzter Raises $10M To Fuel Global Growth

New York-based Magzter, a startup founded in 2011 to help magazine publishers get their pubs in the hands of digital readers, regardless of which platform they choose to use to read. In two years of o

iBeacons Used To Deliver Location-Based Access To iOS Newsstand Publications

iBeacon, Apple’s hyperlocal trigger tech in iOS 7, is an innovation that holds a lot of promise, and that will probably continue to make waves in the retail industry for a long time to come. One

Indonesian Newsstand App Scoop Closes $2.4M Series B

Apps Foundry just announced that it has raised $2.42 million (S$3 million) in a Series B round of funding. The Indonesian company is registered and headquartered in Singapore, and this round of fundin

Lekiosk’s 3D Newsstand Lands On Asus’ Vibe+ Platform To Grow The Native Android Tablet Experience

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.lekiosk.com/">Lekiosk</a>, the France-based digital newsstand that last year raised <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/11/13/lekiosk-books-another-7-1m-for-its-on

Apple’s iOS Newsstand Now Offers Hearst Magazines Days Before Print And Other Digital Stores

Apple today quietly launched a new feature for Newsstand, whereby publications by partner Hearst (covering their entire catalog) will now be available to subscribers days before they come to print, or

LeKiosk Books Another $7.1M For Its Online Store, As It Strives To Become The ‘Spotify Of Magazines’

Tablets, with their larger touchscreens that are less cumbersome than laptops, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/06/18/opa-ios-and-android-level-in-u-s-tablet-market-penetration-47-by-2013-2-6b-spe

Magazine Publisher Future Charts Path Back To Profitability Thanks To Apple’s Newsstand

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.futureplc.com/">Future</a>, an international publisher whose titles include T3, Official Xbox Magazine and websites like GamesRadar, revealed in a new<a target="_bl

Apple Newsstand Revenue Quadrupled Since Launch; iPad Revenue 3x That Of iPhone

In advance of <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/09/04/apple-schedules-special-event-for-september-12/">the expected new iPhone launch</a> taking place on September 12th, app analytics firm App Ann

Conde Nast’s iOS 5 Subscriber Bump: Trend Or Blip?

There's been some chatter about how Conde Nast's tablet editions of its popular magazines, which have enjoyed a large increase in subscribers since the release of Apple's <a href="https://techcrunch.c

The iPad is For Reading: Apple Will Introduce Its Own Newsstand In iOS 5

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/apple-newsstandjpeg.jpeg"> When Apple <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/02/15/apple-in-app-subscriptions/">launched subscriptions</a> fo

LibreDigital Raises $4 Million For Digital Reading Technologies

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/libredigital.png" class="shot2" /> Digital publishing company <a href="http://www.libredigital.com">LibreDigital</a> (formerly known as NewsS