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Flipboard swims against the tide by launching a website
While most media companies are moving from the web to focus on mobile, Flipboard is doing the opposite -- having built the app on mobile, it is now launching a web version…
Read MoreFlipboard launches version 3.0: Smarter recommendations plus a curated daily newsmagazine
Flipboard has launched a major redesign of its social-magazine app, adding smarter curation tools using technology from Zite, which it acquired in March, as well as a daily newspaper-style magazine that will be curated by the company's editorial staff…
Read MoreA flipless Flipboard finally arrives on Windows Phones (as a placeholder)
Has it really been more than a year since Microsoft and Nokia said Flipboard would arrive on Windows Phone? Yes, it has:…
Read MoreFlipboard is about to get some competition on its home turf from Japan-based SmartNews
A Japanese news-recommendation app called SmartNews that mines Twitter for topical content has raised $36 million and says it plans to use those funds to expand into North America and take on Flipboard…
Read More5 ways startups are narrowing the content discovery gap
The content you want is out there -- somewhere. Fortunately, several innovative startups are helping you find that content faster and, in the process, are bringing the realm of content delivery and discovery closer to the Holy Grail of true, meaningful and accurate personalization.…
Read MoreFlipboard is acquiring Zite from CNN, forming broad advertising and content partnership with news and media giant
Flipboard, a leading mobile news-reading and content-sharing app, is acquiring one of its main competitors -- an app called Zite -- from CNN for a reported $60 million and forming an advertising and content partnership with CNN for all of the media giant's content…
Read MorePause may just be the best little music mag you can’t buy on paper
Pause puts the play button in the music mag: The new iPad magazine from the makers of Shuffler.fm combines the best in music writing with music and videos.…
Read MoreFlipboard wants to tame the unruly stream by becoming more like a traditional magazine
Flipboard is rolling out new features that group content into sections for easy browsing, in much the same way that traditional print magazines do -- in part to help keep readers from feeling overwhelmed by a never-ending ocean of content…
Read MoreCalling all young entrepreneurial designers, Kleiner’s 2014 design program is now open
Kleiner Perkins has been restructuring itself, and part of that plan has been to emphasize the importance of product design, and work…
Read MoreThe tablet magazine ship is sinking. Fast.
The death of the tablet magazine has been heralded for months, but here's how publishers need to rethink their digital offerings for the tablet age.…
Read MoreMedium beefs up its design and also expands on editorial curation features
Medium has launched a redesign focusing more on the visual power of its posts, and has also changed the way that collections work to give more power to collection curators or "editors"…
Read MoreGoogle kills Currents, launches a Flipboard-style Newsstand with support for newspaper paywalls
Google is stepping up its media game with the launch of Newsstand, a Flipboard-style reading app for Android that also supports subscription walls for newspapers and magazines and replaces its existing Currents reader…
Read MoreFlipboard fires a shot across Pinterest’s bow with new curated brand catalogs
Flipboard is making it easy for users creating curated magazines on the platform to collect and share products, complete with pricing information -- features that seem aimed at the same ecommerce market Pinterest is targeting.…
Read MoreFlipboard lands a whale as it signs a deal to add Time Inc. magazines to its platform
Flipboard has signed a deal with magazine publisher Time Inc. to add the company's titles to its mobile content-aggregation app, based on a promise to help Time reach new audiences and boost its advertising revenue.…
Read MoreFlipboard says that it really wants to help publishers, not take advantage of them
Some publishers seem to feel that Flipboard's business model is based on taking advantage of their free content, but the company argues that what it really wants to do is help them stay in business…
Read MoreAre Flipboard and Currents marketing partners or scams that take advantage of publishers?
Josh Marshall of the political blog network Talking Points Memo says that he has pulled his site's feeds from both Google Currents and Flipboard because he says he sees these services as "scams against publishers"…
Read MoreFlipboard’s brand magazines are doing well — users are actually subscribing to them
Brands are seeing success with Flipboard's custom magazines: The company says that between 10 and 20 percent of users who click on a brand's magazine actually end up subscribing to it.…
Read MoreFlipboard is reportedly raising new funding that values the company at $800M
According to a report at All Things Digital that quotes sources “close to the situation,” Flipboard is raising a new $50-million round…
Read MoreRandom House launches Flipboard magazines for Margaret Atwood and George R.R. Martin
Random House launched custom magazines on Flipboard for two of its bestselling authors, George R.R. Martin and Margaret Atwood.…
Read MoreIs Flipboard a partner or a competitor for publishers and content creators? Yes
With the launch of a web version, Flipboard highlights how far it has evolved from its early days as a standalone app, and how it is both a partner and a potential competitor for content companies.…
Read MoreFlipboard launches its mobile magazines on the web
Flipboard's custom magazines have only been available through its mobile apps until now, but on Tuesday the company announced that it is bringing them to the web.…
Read MoreYup, Facebook is working on a Flipboard-like mobile news reader: Report
Facebook is reportedly working on a mobile news-reading app. Details are scant, but according to a WSJ report, the current iteration of the app has a Flipboard-like interface.…
Read MoreNew York Times expands access to mobile content
The Times has new tweaks to its paywall -- including offering non-subscribers access to three articles across all sections on its apps.…
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