iPad Issues Of Time, Fortune And Sports Illustrated Now Free
The headline sounds great, but there is catch but it’s not all bad. The Wall Street Journal reports that Time Warner, the parent company of publisher Time, Inc., has finalized a deal with Apple that allows subscribers of its print magazines to download digital versions for the iPad for free. The arrangement goes into effect immediately and includes Time, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated magazines and their respective iPad apps. "Subscribers to Sports Illustrated, Time and Fortune magazines will be able to access the iPad editions via the apps, which will be able to authenticate them as subscribers". The Time Magazine iPad app has already received an update this morning that…
Apple’s Share of Mobile Phone Industry Profits Rises to 39%
Fortune are running a report based on new research from Canaccord Genuity analyst T. Michael Walkley, it compares Apple’s performance in the mobile/smart phone industry to that of its competitors for the first half of 2010. Apple sold 17 million iPhones during the first half of the year, a tiny fraction of the 400 million handsets sold by top manufacturers Nokia, Samsung, and LG combined. But when looking at industry profits, Apple snagged 39% of the pie while the other three companies combined to take only 32%. At the end of the day, it’s only profits that count, right? ‘We are also impressed with Apple’s ability to monetize its…
Now You Can Read iPad Magazines For Free
That is correct if you are already a subscriber to the print version of course. People magazine is leading the way with Time, Sports Illustrated and Fortune expected to follow within the next 30 days. Previously it was necessary to pay up to $5.99 for each iPad version of these magazines even if you were already a subscriber to the printed version. But now that Apple has made it possible for one title, other magazines will want to follow suit. It’s not clear what took so long. Publishers who were encouraged to build iPad apps by Steve Jobs himself say were ready from the start to make them free to…
