Comments on: Old World Publishers Unite For New Media iPhone, iTablet http://www.imore.com/2009/11/24/world-publishers-unite-media-iphone-itablet/ More of everything iPhone and iPad Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:47:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ezmac http://www.imore.com/2009/11/24/world-publishers-unite-media-iphone-itablet/comment-page-1/#comment-96383 ezmac Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:55:56 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=15693#comment-96383 <p>Latest news is that these guys are planning to do an 'iTunes' type of distribution center for their content that will work for multiple platforms. They're probably a step ahead of Apple in this.</p> Latest news is that these guys are planning to do an ‘iTunes’ type of distribution center for their content that will work for multiple platforms. They’re probably a step ahead of Apple in this.

]]> By: icebike http://www.imore.com/2009/11/24/world-publishers-unite-media-iphone-itablet/comment-page-1/#comment-96348 icebike Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:41:43 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=15693#comment-96348 <p>I actually can't wait for this delivery mechanism to come about. There is a distinct limit to what I want to read sitting at my computer, and a distinctly smaller limit for staring at a tiny iPhone screen pinching squinting.</p> <p>Given the fixed cost of distributing a magazine would fall to mere pennies (or fractions there of), I would think readership would climb, and subscription and advertising revenue would be much larger than today.</p> <p>This of course bodes badly for free web content, which is what is killing the print media.</p> <p>I would pay a few cents per issue to have several magazines always up to date on my reader, but not $1.50 per issue. I wouldn't even mind the ads if they kept the cost down.</p> I actually can’t wait for this delivery mechanism to come about. There is a distinct limit to what I want to read sitting at my computer, and a distinctly smaller limit for staring at a tiny iPhone screen pinching squinting.

Given the fixed cost of distributing a magazine would fall to mere pennies (or fractions there of), I would think readership would climb, and subscription and advertising revenue would be much larger than today.

This of course bodes badly for free web content, which is what is killing the print media.

I would pay a few cents per issue to have several magazines always up to date on my reader, but not $1.50 per issue. I wouldn’t even mind the ads if they kept the cost down.

]]> By: Culoroto d. Tuabuelaconsangre http://www.imore.com/2009/11/24/world-publishers-unite-media-iphone-itablet/comment-page-1/#comment-96257 Culoroto d. Tuabuelaconsangre Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:04:49 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=15693#comment-96257 <p>That's kind of cool.</p> That’s kind of cool.

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