The former country editor of Yahoo Indonesia has revealed his latest project: an online magazine named Peneroka. This, as Budi Putra wrote earlier on his personal blog, will be a blog with several writers or contributors. He partnered with Jimmi Kembaren, who is also a former Yahoo employee to work on the project. Budi is responsible for the content while Jimmi handles the product. Peneroka is an Indonesian word meaning "pioneer." It was designed as an online magazine with feature articles on technology and science, business and finance, media, lifestyle and entertainment, culture and ...
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Mar 9 2011
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CyberMedia Integrates QR Codes with Print Magazine
CyberMedia, a giant publisher in India announced on Friday that its flagship magazine, PCQuest, will deeply integrate QR codes into its March print issue. The idea of bringing QR codes into the magazine is simple. QR codes provide rich multimedia experience to print content. It is the first time readers are able to interact with rich media on print content and advertisements. The only barrier, however, is that users are required to have QR code readers on their phone or laptop (with Internet access) to read the code. From the advertiser ...
Feb 24 2011
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Singapore has a Gorgeous and Better iPad Magazine
This is when great content fusions with design and technology. Better Beauty is a gorgeous looking iPad-only beauty magazine. The beauty digital magazine features makeup, skincare and fragrance tips and stories for Singaporeans and the world. Better is the company behind this, which aims to be the pioneer publishing business to move from print to digital. The Beauty magazine is the first title under "The Better Guides". Coming up next are Shops, Coffee and Babies (in that order), followed by Beauty book 2. The company describes its iPad-only magazine best: “Users are able ...
Jan 12 2011
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Magazine Ad Revenue Finally Increasing After 3 Years
With the rise of social media and the ease of availability to find the dirt on your favourite areas of interest that naturally follows suit, it is only human for us to assume that the sales of physical magazines will dwindle in the year of 2010. However, a recent report by Reuters published that they enjoyed an increase in advertising revenue for the first time in three years; mostly due to the automobile industry. According to data from rate cards compiled by the Publishers Information Bureau, advertising revenue grew by 3 ...
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VIDEO: Future Of Magazine
The video below illustrates a vision for digital magazines in the near future. It is very much alike browsing a magazine via Amazon's Kindle or a Sony Reader, but better. Credit: This conceptual video is a corporate collaborative research project initiated by Bonnier R&D on the experience of reading magazines with handheld digital devices. It is presented by their design partners at BERG. The purpose of this video is to allow digital enthusiasts to comment and discuss on their experience of digital reading. We're happy to help them spread this gorgeously done ...
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