The New York Times is citing sources familiar with plans to bring about an "iTunes for magazines"; an online newsstand to be developed by Time Inc., Condo Nast and Heasrt. According to the "people with knowledge of the plans," the new venture may be announced in early December. The move is being made to counter continually declining print circulation for U.S. magazines.
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This seems like a direct threat to Amazon's ebook operations. Nice to see more content providers put their money where their mouth is, stepping up to compete instead of just complaining about the interwebs.
Originally posted by llongtheD: Ahh, the slow death of print.
Maybe I'm old school, but I still like to have a physical copy of the book, magazine, or newspaper.