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Boston Globe gives iPads to classrooms, reimagines NIE for the digital age

Jeff Sonderman — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:06:13 +0000

The Boston Globe is giving iPads, projectors and free Boston Globe digital subscriptions to local public school classrooms in a digitally reimagined version of the Newspapers In Education program.

A major goal of longstanding NIE efforts has been to hook … Read more

How the Seattle Times made an iPad book from its best photos of the year

Jeff Sonderman — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:53:14 +0000

Seattle Times | iTunes
At the end of each year, The Seattle Times chooses its Pictures of the Year to feature in online galleries and its weekly print magazine.

This year it added something new — a $2.99 e-book for … 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

2 major lessons from the demise of The Daily

Jeff Sonderman — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:57:07 +0000

The publisher of News Corp.’s The Daily said earlier this year that the iPad-only publication might need a few more years to be profitable. Today the company announced it won’t get that chance.

Although it has been one of the … Read more

What journalists should know about the new iPad mini

Jeff Sonderman — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:07:07 +0000

Of all the mobile devices launched in recent years, the iPad has been the most promising for the journalism business.

iPad owners are more likely than others to use the devices to keep up with news, and compared to … Read more

With new tablet Web app, New York Times may avoid Apple’s fees

Jeff Sonderman — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:20:52 +0000

Nieman Lab | The Next Web | News release
The New York Times launches a new “experimental” Web app today for its subscribers with iPads.

So if you’re a Times subscriber you can now access its content on your iPad … Read more

How news organizations are taking advantage of the latest iPad’s features

Patrick Thornton — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:22:12 +0000

The newest iPad has ushered in a new high-resolution Retina Display that renders text that’s similar to the quality you see in print.

The core of most news apps is the printed word. The coarse typography of the iPad 1 … Read more

High Country News raises bar for clever mobile promotions

Jeff Sonderman — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:56:31 +0000

YouTube | iTunes
High Country News is earning a reputation for nontraditional marketing of its new digital products.

Last December, the nonprofit news magazine about the American West sent an unusually honest press release about its new digital subscription plan … Read more

Few news orgs cross the ‘Continental Content Divide’ between social and immersive journalism

Steve Myers — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:55:00 +0000

Edelman Digital
Steve Rubel outlines what he calls the “Continental Content Divide” that has emerged among media companies:

Some publishers see social networking as their primary path to growth. As a result, they are mixing journalism and web culture
… Read more

Denver Post’s new iPad app ‘advances how news apps should look’

Jeff Sonderman — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:37:18 +0000

Garcia Media | Digital First Media
Design expert Mario Garcia has high praise for the new iPad app launched by Digital First Media’s Denver Post. “It advances how news apps should look like, it does not pretend to look … Read more