The Magaziner
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Archive for February, 2011
Put a Egg On It is a beautiful little food magazine out of Brooklyn put out by Ralph Mcginnis and Sarah Keough. See for yourself thanks to the following leaf-through of issue #2: And here’s a fun teaser for the new issue, #3: You can order all issues or subscribe to the magazine from the [...]
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This article was posted on February 22, 2011 under the category New Releases, Print, and covers the following topics: Brooklyn, Jeremy Leslie, MagCulture, Put a Egg On It, Ralph Mcginnis, Sarah Keough
It’s not an official date, but the New York Times reports that Tina Brown’s revamp of Newsweek looks to launch on March 7. Here are a few tidbits on what to expect: People outside the magazine who have seen the current prototype described it as recognizable as Newsweek in name only. The paper is thicker [...]
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This article was posted on February 22, 2011 under the category News, Print, and covers the following topics: Newsweek, The Daily Beast, Tina Brown
If you’ve been following Seth Godin’s new Domino Project imprint — and if you’re interested in the future of publishing, then you really do need to pay attention — you’ve probably noticed something about the cover of the first planned release, Poke the Box: It has no text. Here’s how Godin defends that decision: The [...]
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This article was posted on February 21, 2011 under the category Commentary, and covers the following topics: Covers, Esquire, Esquire UK, Poke the Box, Seth Godin, The Domino Project, Wired
Sure, most publishers are not very happy with the terms of Apple’s new subscription option on the iTunes App Store, but it’s not stopping some to offer them anyway. Bonnier’s Popular Science is one of the first titles to offer an in-app subscription option since the launch of the service, and it’s certainly very attractive: [...]
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This article was posted on February 21, 2011 under the category News, and covers the following topics: App, Apple, Bonnier, iPad, iTunes App Store, Popular Science, Subscriptions
A new issue of Fan the Fire is out (#40, February 2011), and as always, you can download it as a PDF from the official site — or if you prefer, read it through Issuu. I’m told that the iPad edition is coming along nicely, and might make its debut with this issue. I imagine [...]
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This article was posted on February 18, 2011 under the category New Releases, and covers the following topics:
Conde Nast has just released its first iPad app for the US edition of Vogue, but it doesn’t appear to be the full edition of the magazine but rather a highlight package of the cover feature (in this case, on Lady Gaga). The app is called Vogue Cover Exclusive, and sells for $1. It promises [...]
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This article was posted on February 17, 2011 under the category New Releases, and covers the following topics: App, Conde Nast, iPad, iTunes App Store, Lady Gaga, Vogue, Vogue Cover Exclusive
Yes, The Magaziner tends to focus on the digital, and one thing I do appreciate about this digital era is the fact that I save up a lot of space — remember, I live in Tokyo — but there is still a lot of love in my heart for printed publications. Here then, let me [...]
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This article was posted on February 15, 2011 under the category Print, and covers the following topics: Architecture, House, Kazuya Morita, Osaka, Shelf-Pod, Shelves
The trend for magazine publishers to release one-off spinoff apps continues with this week’s The Cut on the Runway, from New York Magazine. Although I haven’t checked it out yet, it appears to be a rather nice way to take in runway coverage from the world’s top fashion shows. They got the timing right also, [...]
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This article was posted on February 15, 2011 under the category New Releases, and covers the following topics: App, Fashion, iPad, New York Magazine, The Cut, The Cut on the Runway
I’m always very curious to find out about new tools to create magazines and other publications on iPad — especially affordable ones — and I’m liking what I’m seeing from Invisions Technical Arts‘ App Press. Although it’s still in beta and not yet public — and it’s web-based, so I’m not sure how pricing will [...]
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This article was posted on February 15, 2011 under the category News, and covers the following topics: App Press, CMS, Grant Glas, iPad, Tools
I promise I’ll end my Bloomberg Businessweek lovefest — or is it more of a Richard Turley crush (don’t tell my wife) — but I do need to point out that Turley has started a Tumblr blog in which he covers some of the behind-the-scenes creative decisions behind each issue. I particularly like the latest [...]
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This article was posted on February 15, 2011 under the category News, Print, and covers the following topics: Bloomberg Businessweek, Covers, Richard Turley