Comments on: HuffPo, The Daily and the flawed iPad content model http://gigaom.com/2012/08/02/huffpo-the-daily-and-the-flawed-ipad-content-model/ Fri, 24 May 2013 02:04:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mathew Ingram http://gigaom.com/2012/08/02/huffpo-the-daily-and-the-flawed-ipad-content-model/#comment-877346 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:58:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=549616#comment-877346 Yes, I found the same thing, Scott — thanks for the comment.

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://gigaom.com/2012/08/02/huffpo-the-daily-and-the-flawed-ipad-content-model/#comment-877345 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:57:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=549616#comment-877345 Thanks, Howie — good advice.

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://gigaom.com/2012/08/02/huffpo-the-daily-and-the-flawed-ipad-content-model/#comment-877344 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:57:03 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=549616#comment-877344 Totally agree, Daniel — thanks for the comment.

]]> By: Daniel Dennis http://gigaom.com/2012/08/02/huffpo-the-daily-and-the-flawed-ipad-content-model/#comment-877329 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:20:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=549616#comment-877329 Agree strongly

]]> By: Daniel Dennis http://gigaom.com/2012/08/02/huffpo-the-daily-and-the-flawed-ipad-content-model/#comment-877327 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:16:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=549616#comment-877327 Well said. Most publishers I speak to are completely locked into the forms they get. All the iPad/Newsstand content I do pay for is long form and very niche. Content that fits well with relaxed evening/Saturday afternoon reading.

I also agree with Nick Goggans comment that the Conde Nast titles are, generally, more interesting immersive experiences. Much of their content is more involved than just text and pic so it can’t simply be grabbed by Flipboard type apps or if it is you really do miss something.

They seem to be taking serious consideration of the fact that an iPad can do things print can’t and are trying to find ways to tell stories in ways that use some of that potential.

I’m curious, Has any one come across publications, besides Conde Nast, that are doing Newsstand content in creative immersive ways that exploit the iPads unique potential?

]]> By: Daniel Dennis http://gigaom.com/2012/08/02/huffpo-the-daily-and-the-flawed-ipad-content-model/#comment-877318 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:53:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=549616#comment-877318 Biggest gripes I have about iPad magazines are that they are either poorly designed (No links, no sharing, carbon copy PDFs of the print edition…having to pinch in and out of every page is NOT an elegant design) or they just fail to provide content that is unique enough for a dedicated app.

I actually do read and pay for several, but they’re all very niche. For me general news always comes through an aggregating app, Flipboard, or socially through Twitter.

]]> By: Simon http://gigaom.com/2012/08/02/huffpo-the-daily-and-the-flawed-ipad-content-model/#comment-876640 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:41:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=549616#comment-876640 This enforces my initial impression of Newstand content and magazine apps. I signed up for some of the free / trial publications when I first got an iPad, and I found the whole thing underwhelming. Basically it artificially recreates many of the limitations of print media (linear consumption, bad navigation, static rendering) which I find frustrating after so many years of consuming data feeds in a flexible manner.

]]> By: Howie Hanson http://gigaom.com/2012/08/02/huffpo-the-daily-and-the-flawed-ipad-content-model/#comment-876473 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 12:31:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=549616#comment-876473 As a nearly 40-year full-time independent publisher, all in northeastern Minnesota, you absolutely nailed it Mathew on the flawed iPad content model piece. As hard as traditional newspaper companies try to lead the way to online publishing, they’re cemented in their approach as print publishers. The newspaper is the boat anchor for them. The truth be told, if newspaper publishers could stop publishing the printed pieces as move to full-time online publishing, they’d relieve themselves of major printing and distribution costs and the strong readership they’ve nurtured throughout the years would eagerly pay a monthly subscription fee to read the content online. But given a choice, the mature readers will pick the newspaper, and the younger readers will continue to collect their news and information online.

Howie Hanson, Editor & Publisher
HowieHanson.com
Duluth@aol.com

]]> By: iceav http://gigaom.com/2012/08/02/huffpo-the-daily-and-the-flawed-ipad-content-model/#comment-876191 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 01:34:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=549616#comment-876191 I wonder if in fact it creates further opportunities and momentum for niche publishers to increase in popularity, rather than the large format publishers who have larger overheads and need the larger uptake. Once upon a time we had to pick up a paper, lay it flat and turn it page by page and had no other option, Now with changing patterns and methods of consumption and the ease it is to collect digital media and never delete it, I personally would look forward to creating a personal library of rich media, news etc. If the content is quality, respected and meaningful to me I would be interested in a digital format. However i have no interest in reading my regular news on a iPhone size screen.

]]> By: Karl Klept http://gigaom.com/2012/08/02/huffpo-the-daily-and-the-flawed-ipad-content-model/#comment-875269 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 15:28:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=549616#comment-875269 Short form information without links is dead regardless of how pretty the container.

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