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As Android tablets grow, publishers struggle to match the iPad experience

Sam Kirkland — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:21:26 +0000

When the IDC forecast this month that Google’s Android operating system would soon surpass Apple’s iOS in tablet market share, publishers of digital magazines could be excused for some handwringing.

Since 2010, Apple’s dominance of the market allowed publishers to … Read more

Google prepares a mobile marketplace for news content

Jeff Sonderman — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:53:33 +0000

Android Police | The Next Web | Read Write
A newspaper section is coming to the Google Play store for Android-powered mobile devices, according to a report by Android Police. Google Play News would join the store’s existing marketplaces … Read more

Pew: Men, highly educated are more engaged with news on mobile devices

Jeff Sonderman — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:48:24 +0000

Pew
“In the growing realm of mobile news, men and the more highly educated emerge as more engaged news consumers,” says a new report on the demographics of mobile news from the Project for Excellence in Journalism. The report continues:… Read more

Study: iPhones reach more news audience than Android phones by every measure

Jeff Sonderman — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:15:49 +0000

Reynolds Journalism Institute
Although a greater percentage of people own Android smartphones, those who own Apple iPhones are the most attractive audience for news publishers, according to new research from Roger Fidler at the Reynolds Journalism Institute.

In fact, … Read more

New wave of tablet devices could accelerate news-reading trend

Jeff Sonderman — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:59:27 +0000

The class of semi-portable, two-hands-required, touch-screen devices we generically refer to as “tablets” really contains two distinct species.

There are the 10-inch screens, where the $499-and-up iPad dominates and has reigned all tablets as best-in-class.

And then there is … Read more

Study: Tablet users more likely to buy magazines, e-books than news, newspapers

Jeff Sonderman — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:57:26 +0000

Online Publishers Association
New research published today answers some key questions about what kinds of content tablet users consume, and what they’re willing to buy.

The survey, funded by the Online Publishers Association, finds that 61 percent of tablet users … Read more

Publishers can finally sell digital subscriptions on Android devices

Jeff Sonderman — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:57:07 +0000

Android Developers | Open Signal Maps
Publishers and other app developers can now sell subscriptions with recurring payments through their Android apps. For the past year Android developers could conduct one-time transactions, such as single-issue sales, through in-app purchases. But … Read more

Amazon, Kindle Fire users buying lots of content through apps

Jeff Sonderman — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:10:37 +0000

Flurry | China Economic News Service
More evidence that Amazon’s Kindle Fire is pulling far ahead of other Android-powered tablets: A study finds the average Amazon app store user spent almost four times more money on in-app purchases than a … Read more

How will we reinvent news for Google’s new augmented-reality eyeglasses?

Jeff Sonderman — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:08:09 +0000

The New York Times | 9to5 Google
Nick Bilton reports Google will be selling eyeglasses with an embedded digital display by the end of the year. What kinds of new news products and sources will emerge to fit this new … Read more

The Guardian goes mobile with Kindle, iPad, Android editions

Jeff Sonderman — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:00:47 +0000

Inside Guardian.co.uk Blog
The Guardian is expanding on mobile platforms, says mobile editor Subhajit Banerjee. The company has launched the Guardian and Observer Kindle edition, which wirelessly downloads the newspaper to a subscriber’s e-reader each day. Mobile Web traffic … Read more