Apple's Newsstand Archives

Less Discovery, Less Promotion: How is this a Good Thing?

30 March 201530 March 2015|Apps, Magazine

[responsive][/responsive]The Apple App Store is definitely not in good favor with magazine publishers. D. B. Hebbard of Talking New Media has long been keeping an eye on things there, and he reports that the latest change make a bad thing...

How the Apple Newsstand is Failing Publishers

22 October 201422 October 2014|Apps, Digital, Magazine

[responsive][/responsive]We’ve been talking about this for a few weeks now, recounting stories that tell of the sad state of affairs with digital magazines. Publishers are, if not outright blaming Apple for killing subscriptions, at least assigning them a good portion...

Another Magazine Reader Who Won’t Use Newsstand

08 September 201408 September 2014|Apps, Magazine

[responsive][/responsive]Despite significant cost savings over print versions, one industry insider just won’t use the Newsstand app to read his magazines. And he’s not alone in his criticism of the platform. “First, it’s too easy to forget about,” writes Kirk McElhearn in...

Bad Apples in the Apple Newsstand

02 July 201402 July 2014|Digital, Newsstand

It’s no secret the Apple newsstand is a mess. The lack of maintenance on the part of Apple has been causing headaches for publishers and their readers, to be sure. And now it looks like fraud is becoming an even...

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