|
Magazine/
Publishing
Company |
Type
of Digital
Initiative |
Description |
Date
Announced |
|
San
Diego |
New
web portal |
San
Diego Magazine and CurtCo media have
launched a new regional Web portal for the magazine,
as well as related magazines like Travels, San
Diego At Home, Charitable Events Registry,
and Medical Guide. |
December
22, 2006 |
|
Condé
Nast |
Online
video, website |
Condé
Nast, has launched new web video environments on Epicurious.com, Men.Style.com
and Style.com. CondeNet's online video
will be hosted and distributed in partnership with “The FeedRoom”. |
December
18, 2006 |
|
Marie
Claire |
Online
content distribution, interactive content |
Marie
Claire is partnering with Glam.com
to provide editorial content for the website which has a substantial social
networking component. |
December
15, 2006 |
|
Zinio |
New
digital titles offered |
Zinio
has offered 50 new digital titles around the world in the second half
of 2006. U.S.
digital editions launched include Men's Health, Black Enterprise,
Penthouse, The Advocate and Out. Including international Spanish
digital versions of Cosmopolitan, Elle, Maxim and National Geographic.
Zinio's major publishing partners include Hearst, IDG, McGraw-Hill, Primedia,
Hachette Filipacchi and Playboy Enterprises. |
December
15, 2006 |
|
The
Nest |
New
website, community networking site |
The
nest baby site will
be spun off of TheKnot.com's "babies on the brain" message
board, where recent brides who are pregnant gather and share information. |
December
14, 2006 |
|
TV
Guide |
Digital
content distribution, Interactive program guide |
TV
Guide has signed a new Interactive Program Guide
agreement with Philips Electronics. Philips will use TV Guide’s intellectual
property in consumer electronics products. These products include TVs,
recorders and retail set-top boxes in Europe. |
December
14, 2006 |
|
Forbes |
Online
content |
Forbes.com’s
special report on Games, available
at www.forbes.com/games,
offers 60 articles, playable games, interviews and videos, covering
mind games, video games, money games, game players, and much more. |
December
14, 2006 |
|
Sports
Illustrated |
Social
networking website |
Sports
Illustrated magazine has forged a deal with a new social network
for high school athletes, Takkle.com. The site, which officially debuted
Monday, carries articles and other editorial content from SI.com. |
December
12, 2006 |
|
Rodale |
Print
and online integration |
Rodale
has created a senior online team comprised of
an online executive editor, designers, product developers, as well as
a “Brand Development Editor,” who will be responsible for the brand’s
development in formats other than print. |
December
11, 2006 |
|
New
Yorker |
Website
relaunch, redesign , new blog |
The
New Yorker will relaunch its website in February 2007.
It will feature a new blog by five
New Yorker writers
that will be continuously fact-checked by staff. |
December
7, 2006 |
|
TV
Guide |
CD-ROM
|
TV
Guide magazine’s December 11 special
issue will highlight four covers graced by Las
Vegas stars Molly Sims and Josh Duhamel,
each
affixed with a collectible Elvis CD-ROM. |
December
6, 2006 |
|
Martha
Stewart Living Omnimedia |
Website
revamp/refocus, expanded search |
MSLO
will reinvest in its website and add improved search functions,
migrating from an eCommerce focus to creating more ad-supported
content. |
December
5, 2006 |
|
Condé
Nast |
New
shopping website |
Condé
Nast is launching a new shopping website
for high-end designer clothes in March 2007 called Stylefinder.com, which
will give access to other fashion sites and preview the season's hottest
designer labels. |
December
5, 2006 |
|
VNU,
Forbes |
Video
content, podcasts audience measurement |
VNU
and Forbes have teamed with
Podbridge to serve
dynamic audio advertising in podcasts
and also produce auditable audience figures on audio and video content. |
December
5, 2006 |
|
Ziff
Davis Media, 1UP Network |
User
generated content |
Ziff
Davis and 1UP Network has created a user generated database of game tips
and editorial content at www.mycheats.com. |
December
5, 2006 |
|
Hearst |
New
digital media unit |
Hearst
has created a new unit; Hearst
Magazines Digital Media to help steer all online integration
efforts. |
December
5, 2006 |
|
Maxim |
New
eCommerce website |
Dennis
Digital will develop an exclusive
ecommerce destination for Maxim.com. The site will launch with
Maxim’s December Holiday Gift Guide print issue. Shop.Maxim
will feature products appearing in Maxim Magazine and on Maxim.com. |
December
4, 2006 |
|
TV
Guide |
Cell
phone, mobile content |
TV
Guide has signed an exclusive deal
with Roundbox Inc. to
develop a new user interface for internet browsers
on cell phones. |
December
4, 2006 |
|
PC
Magazine |
New
online feature |
PCMag.com
will provide its visitors with a click-to-call feature that
enables them to directly connect to a manufacturer’s customer service
representative by telephone. |
November
28, 2006 |
|
Forbes |
Online
ranking & directory |
ForbesTraveler.com
has issued its first ever ForbesTraveler 400 list,
a collection of the world’s best hotels and resorts. The list features
in-depth reviews of 400 properties here: www.forbestraveler.com/forbes400. |
November
28, 2006 |
|
Newsweek |
Online
tracking tool |
Newsweek
has launched the
Global Power Barometer (GPB), a tool that measures
which nations, ideologies or movements are most powerful based on how
successfully they influence global opinion and events. |
November
28, 2006 |
|
GamePro
Magazine |
New
website |
GamePro
launched
GameProFamily.com, a parents-focused
site evaluating the content of console
games. |
November
22, 2006 |
|
American
Express |
User
generated content |
American
Express Publishing is enabling their audience to post their own stories
and reviews to its Web pages for magazines including Travel & Leisure
and Food & Wine on the Wetpaint social networking site. |
November
22, 2006 |
|
TV
Guide |
Celebrity
blog |
TVGuide
is expanding the roster of its celebrity
blog feature. |
November
21, 2006 |
|
Primedia |
Micro-site,
online content |
Primedia
Outdoors Group has collaborated with Ford Motors on a micro-site
with content from GameandFishingMag.com and In-Fisherman.com. |
November
21, 2006 |
|
Condé
Nast |
Online
travel tools |
CondeNet
enables users to share travel itineraries and opinions on Concierge.com
using the suitcase
tool. |
November
21, 2006 |
|
TV
Guide |
Online
distribution and syndication of content |
TV
Guide’s Online division is syndicating
its program listings to several of
Fox Interactive Media’s properties, including FOXSports.com and IGN Entertainment. |
November
20. 2006 |
|
Brides,
CosmoGirl!, Details, Glamour, Lucky |
Mobile
site enhancements |
Magazines
are rolling out ads with short codes
for text-to-buy transactions on their mobile sites. |
November
20, 2006 |
|
National
Geographic |
Online
map archives |
National
Geographic will provide hundreds of their classic supplement maps
online for purchase at NGMapCollection.com. |
November
16, 2006 |
|
Maxim |
Wireless
content |
Dennis
publishing has a new version of the Maxim
website accessible by wireless devices and cell phones. |
November
15, 2006 |
|
Forbes |
Content
available on Tivo |
Forbes
will allow people to use digital video recorders to watch
some video programming from its websites on their televisions. |
November
14, 2006 |
|
InStyle |
New
online channel |
Time
Inc.'s In
Style is boosting its celebrity coverage with its launch of a Parties
channel on its Web site, Instyle.com. |
November
13, 2006 |
|
Wine
Spectator |
Online
content |
Wine
Spectator Online, has begun its Top
100 countdown. The
annual Top 100 can be accessed online
as well as in the Dec. 31 issue of Wine Spectator magazine. |
November
13, 2006 |
|
ESPN |
Podcasting
network |
ESPN,
has launched the first phase of a nationwide
local podcasting network. |
November
13, 2006 |
|
Car
and Driver |
Online
content, mobile content |
Car
and Driver's website will now include more features from the print edition;
there is a new mobile service with ring tones and wallpaper forthcoming. |
November
9, 2006 |
|
Dennis
Publishing |
Internet
magazine |
Dennis
Publishing is launching “Monkey” a
new internet magazine that will incorporate some of the content from Dennis
Publishing’s established glossy men’s magazines. |
November
8, 2006 |
|
Fortune |
Blog |
The
third annual Fortune “Innovation
Forum” will host many of the world’s business leaders
with an Interactive Blog at www.BusinessInnovationInsider.com
|
November
8, 2006 |
|
Condé
Nast |
New
website |
Condé
Nast is launching a teen website in the first quarter of 2007
called Flip.com. |
November
8, 2006 |
|
In
Style |
New
website, exclusive online content, mobile applications |
Time
Inc. is expanding the In Style
franchise with "Project
Y," a multiplatform brand extension that will include a Web
site and mobile application for 16- to 20-year-olds. |
November
8, 2006 |
|
Mediaweek |
eNewsletter |
Mediaweek
has created “Digital Download” an eNewsletter on the major
spheres of the digital universe: search, broadband, mobile, gaming and
metrics. |
November
6, 2006 |
|
Sports
Illustrated |
Multiplatform
content, online video |
Sports
Illustrated will create multiplatform content and online
video for the “Sportsman of the Year” issue. |
November
6, 2006 |
|
Philadelphia
Style |
New
blogs, new interactive features |
DLG
Media has introduced three
interactive, regularly-updated features on Philadelphia
Style magazine’s site, PhillyStyleMag.com:
“Inside Style”; “About Last
Night”; and “Ask the Editor.” |
November
6, 2006 |
|
Star |
Searchable
online archives |
Star
magazine will use Inform Technologies LLC to enable access
to its archives from online articles.
|
November
5, 2006 |
|
Vibe |
Searchable
online archives |
Vibe
magazine will use highlighting technology
to enabling linking to its own archives within online articles. |
November
5, 2006 |
|
Business
2.0 |
New
blogs, RSS feeds |
Business
2.0 has launched sixteen new blogs and upgraded the social
networking functions of their website. |
November
2, 2006 |
|
Fortune,
Fortune Small Business, Money and Business 2.0 |
Video,
exclusive online content, online libraries |
Fortune,
Fortune Small Business, Money and Business 2.0 magazines
will have their content developed for a new online video platform on www.CNNMoney.com
|
November
2, 2006 |
|
Condé
Nast |
Website
acquisition, social network |
Condé
Nast has acquired social news site Reddit.com.
Reddit will integrate its technology which allows users to rank news stories,
with Wired.com and other Conde Nast sites. |
November
1, 2006 |
|
Runner’s
World |
Podcasts |
A
Runner’s World podcast for the New York City Marathon
will offer mp3s loaded with tips and strategies for competitors in the
race. |
October
31, 2006 |
|
Inc. |
Expanded
exclusive content online |
Inc.
is expanding its annual "Inc. 500" list by adding 4,500 more companies
online. The print cover will still
read "Inc. 500", but the website will have the "Inc. 5,000." |
October
31, 2006 |
|
Dennis
Publishing |
RSS
feeds |
Dennis
Publishing will create RSS feeds for
the online properties of its magazines. The feeds will be a part of Feedburner's
RSS ad network. |
October
31, 2006 |
|
Condé
Nast |
Mobile
and online distribution |
Condé
Nast will partner with a national mobile marketing service
to sell magazine subscriptions with virtual "coupons" online. |
October
31, 2006 |
|
Ziff
Davis, 1UP Networks |
Game
Podcast, exclusive online content, online shows |
The
1UP Network, a Ziff Davis Media
company, has
launched an iTunes “Featured Artists” page
to distribute its gaming news podcasts and shows. |
October
27, 2006 |
|
Vanity
Fair |
Website
relaunch, redesign, new blogs |
Vanity
Fair has redesigned its website, vf.com and announced new blogs,
one of which will be written by James Wolcott. |
October
26,2006 |
|
Boating |
Website
launch, blog |
Boating
magazine has launched a new website
called fishboatmag.com
with a daily blog and exclusive online content. |
October
23, 2006 |
|
Kiplinger’s
Personal Finance |
Website
revamp, exclusive online content, new channels |
Kiplinger’s
Personal Finance has revamped its website
to include exclusive online content and enhanced functions. |
October
23, 2006 |
|
Computer
Gaming World |
Online
content, online archive |
100
back issues of Computer Gaming World are now online
as free downloadable PDFs, available at the network's file-serving property,
FileFront. |
October
23, 2006 |
|
Forbes |
Mobile
content, WAP, intra-site search |
Forbes
announced that its website content is now
accessible on Web-enabled mobile devices. |
October
19, 2006 |
|
ElleGirl |
Website
relaunch, video content, daily mobile text alerts |
Hachette
Filipacchi, will relaunch Ellegirl.com with increased interactive
features. |
October
19, 2006 |
|
Businessweek |
More
original and exclusive content on website |
BusinessWeek
journalists will be writing more exclusive
and expanded editorial content for the website. |
October
17, 2006 |
|
Wired |
Virtual
headquarters online |
Wired
magazine has set up a virtual headquarters building in the
online world of Second Life. |
October
17, 2006 |
|
Playboy |
Website
acquisition, on demand video, music |
Playboy
has acquired sex.com, the site will now feature original shows
and music. |
October
10, 2006 |
|
Essence |
Website
redesign, blog, bulletin board |
The
Essence
Volume web site will
be redesigned and will have a blog and bulletin boards. |
October
10, 2006 |
|
Brides |
Online
contest and sponsorship |
Brides.com
has announced a deal with Rockefeller
Center to capture
on-ice marriage proposals "Engagements
On Ice" and post them online. |
October
10, 2006 |
|
The
Week |
Mobile
content, new WAP site |
The
Week’s best features and columns will soon be available
on cell phones, PDAs. The WAP site is www.theweekmagazine.com/promo/msft
|
October
10, 2006 |
|
People |
New
online channel |
People
magazine recently
launched StyleWatch channel, to expand
the brand's focus and audience. |
October
10, 2006 |
|
New
York |
Website
revamp, blogs, games, video |
The
site debuted new daily content, blogs, interactive games, registration
for favorite pages, video. |
October
9, 2006 |
|
Motor
Trend |
Weekly
podcast |
Motor
Trend has a new weekly podcast,
which can be found on www.motortrend.com
and at the iTunes Music Store. |
October
9, 2006 |
|
TransWorld
Media |
Online
expansion, online channel, portals, video |
TransWorld
Media will launch an online branded action sports channel,
video, multimedia content. |
October
6, 2006 |
|
Meredith |
Web
site acquisition |
Meredith
Corp. will acquire
the ReadyMade web site along with its
print magazine. |
October
5, 2006 |
|
Glamour |
Online
user generated photo gallery |
Glamour
magazine’s dos and don’ts feature is moving online
and enabling readers to upload their own “dos and don’ts” pictures. |
October
4, 2006 |
|
Newsweek |
Blog |
Newsweek
launched
a political blog called The Gaggle. |
September
29, 2006 |
|
The
New Yorker |
Digital
archive, branded storage device, online updates |
The
New Yorker has collected 80
years of the magazine on an engraved limited edition hard drive
with 20gb of extra space reserved for new articles from their website. |
September
28, 2006 |
|
Runner’s
World |
Wireless
training resource, cell phone content |
Runner’s
World has created Wireless RunTracker which will allow
users to share route information, track their work out in real time, or
listen to music at www.runnersworld.com/runtracker
|
September
27, 2006 |
|
Businessweek |
Cell
phone content, PDA content, mobile website |
BusinessWeek
has launched “BusinessWeek Mobile Edition” which will have
free content for mobile devices like cell phones, PDAs and handheld computers
at www.businessweek.mobi.
|
September
27, 2006 |
|
Sports
Illustrated |
Revamped
website, added coverage online |
Sports
Illustrated is promoting their online fantasy
sports websites with inserts in their print magazine, key
to this effort is a redesign and revamp of their fantasy sports websites
. |
September
27, 2006 |
|
Gourmet |
New
website, TV show |
Gourmet
magazine has a new show called "Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie"
with its own Web site, www.diaryofafoodie.org
|
September
27, 2006 |
|
Seventeen |
Online
partnership |
Seventeen
magazine has announced a partnership
with MySpace to offer parents tips on how to protect minors online. |
September
26, 2006 |
|
Newsweek |
Online
MBA program |
Newsweek
is joining up with Kaplan Inc. to
offer an online business degree called
Kaplan University/Newsweek
M.B.A. |
September
25, 2006 |
|
Forbes |
New
website |
Forbes.com
has launched ForbesTraveler.com, a travel site aimed at the
affluent, luxury traveler market. |
September
21, 2006 |
|
Forbes |
Enhanced
video network, RSS alerts |
Forbes.com
upgraded its video network at www.forbes.com/video
to feature a larger player, program guide, e-mail options and RSS alerts. |
September
21, 2006 |
|
Newsweek |
New
mobile web sites, cell phone content |
Newsweek
Interactive has launched made-for-mobile versions of Web sites
including Newsweek.com and Slate.com. |
September
20, 2006 |
|
Cookie |
Website
launch, blogs |
Cookie
the magazine has launched a new website with two new blogs. |
September
19, 2006 |
|
Rodale,
Prevention |
New
website, multiplatform initiatives |
Rodale
Inc. and Prevention magazine
are tackling America's blood sugar crisis with a comprehensive
subscription Web site www.SugarSolutionOnline.com
. |
September
19, 2006 |
|
New
York
Magazine |
New
daily online content |
The
New York Magazine website will
feature daily fashion coverage during
Fashion Week. |
September
13, 2006 |
|
Gemstar-TV
Guide |
Website
redesign, relaunch |
The
TV Guide website now includes expanded
Broadband video offerings, enhanced editorial and news, more photos, more
movie news and increased personalization. |
September
12, 2006 |
|
Gemstar-TV
Guide |
New
online features, remote DVR programming |
Gemstar-TV
Guide is offering visitors to the TV Guide
website the
ability to program their TiVo schedule. |
September
12, 2006 |
|
Sports
Illustrated |
New
hourly online programming, video, webcasts |
Sports
Illustrated will
rollout several new video programs on SI.com featuring celebrities
and supported by commercials. |
September
11, 2006 |
|
The
Knot |
Online
expansion |
The
Knot, has completed its acquisition of WeddingChannel.com,
consolidating the two leaders in the online bridal industry. |
September
11, 2006 |
|
Hachette
Filipacchi |
Expansion
of brands onto free mobile sites. |
Hachette
Filipacchi has launched five of its magazine brands onto free
mobile sites with exclusive reviews and content. |
September
11, 2006 |
|
Time4
Media |
Expansion
of website, online planning tools |
Time4
Media has expanded SkiNet, making it
a comprehensive resource for information on winter sports.
|
September
7, 2006 |
|
Popular
Science |
Hosting
live online concert series
|
Popular
Science will host a live concert
featuring podcaster and musician Jonathon Coulton. |
September
7, 2006 |
|
Philadelphia
Style |
website
relaunch, webisodes, online video |
The
new Philadelphia
Style magazine website will feature webisodes,
video of Philadelphia Style
photo shoots, special events and behind-the-scenes look
at the production of the magazine itself. |
September
6, 2006 |
|
Backpacker |
New
podcast series |
Backpacker
magazine has launched “Trail Tours,”
a new podcast series providing narrated guides to popular North American
trails. |
August
30, 2006 |
|
CosmoGirl! |
Online
webisode series |
CosmoGirl!
will begin a teen magazine online series
with behind the scenes coverage of its “Born To Lead” competition. |
August
30, 2006 |
|
Sports
Illustrated |
Desktop
application, new online features |
Sports
Illustrated will launch mySI, a
downloadable application that includes a sports news ticker, stats, standings
and other features that fans can use to track their favorite teams. |
August
22, 2006 |
|
Glamour |
Interactive
features, website revamp |
Glamour
will launch an
interactive “dating” blog on its website www.glamour.com
. |
August
15, 2006 |
|
Gemstar-TV
Guide |
Online
content distribution, interactive guides |
Gemstar-TV
Guide, will distribute its annual magazine special, Parents'
Guide to Television, across multiple media platforms. |
August
9, 2006 |
|
Backpacker |
Podcast
series, online news updates |
Backpacker
magazine will host a series of podcast interviews and news updates
covering the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market. |
August
7, 2006 |
|
Ziff
Davis Media |
New
website |
Ziff
Davis has partnered with Microsoft
to rename and re-brand Computer
Gaming World magazine to Games
for Windows: The Official Magazine. The new title will have a new
website on the 1UP
Network. |
August
3, 2006 |
|
Smithsonian
Publishing |
Exclusive
Web content, blogs and video |
Smithsonian
Publishing will create an online publishing group
that will include Smithsonian.com, Airandspacemagazine.com and the new
MySmithsonian.com |
August
3, 2006 |
|
Guns
& Ammo |
Online
library, online video |
Guns
& Ammo magazine, will launch a video library
on their website, www.gunsandammomag.com
where visitors will have access to media and information for firearm enthusiasts. |
July
31, 2006 |
|
Time
Out New York |
Broadband
video |
Time
Out New York has launched
a broadband video channel, Timeoutnewyork.tv that
serves as a Web counterpart to the magazine's branded video on demand
channel. |
July
28, 2006 |
|
DC
Style |
Daily
blogs, mp3s, podcasts, online polls |
New
daily blogs by DC
STYLE editorial staff; the institution of “Sound
Check,” a blog giving readers a backstage pass to the area’s music scene
and the posting of clever “Guy Tips” by BeBetterGuys.com. |
July
26, 2006 |
|
Maxim |
Video,
microsites, online content distribution |
Dennis
publishing's Maxim magazine is creating an online
initiative aimed at drawing young males into Burger King restaurants. |
July
24, 2006 |
|
Motor
Trend |
Satellite
radio programming |
PriMedia’s
Motor Trend announced XM
Satellite Radio will broadcast Motor Trend Radio expanding
its national audience reach by more than six million listeners.
|
July
21, 2006 |
|
Condé
Nast |
Acquired
website, online network expansion |
Condé
Nast has purchased NutritionData.com.
Features on NutritionData.com may be integrated with established Condé
Nast websites. |
July
21, 2006 |
|
Maxim |
Online
content, video, online distribution partnership |
Maxim
and CBS SportsLine will distribute
each other's content online. Maxim
will provide comedic stories and clips, including humorous sports stories
and video. |
July
14, 2006 |
|
Condé
Nast |
Acquired
online news portal |
Condé
Nast acquired Wired News, the online
news portal, from Lycos
for $25 million. |
July
12, 2006 |
|
Lucky |
Enhanced
mobile phone applications |
Lucky
magazine will enable text
buying from mobile phones from 18 different
retailers. |
July
10, 2006 |
|
DC
Style |
Online
reader rankings, web polls |
DC
Style has created an online
readers’ poll ranking the DC areas hottest chefs, part of a
series of initiatives for readers visiting online. |
July
7, 2006 |
|
Entertainment
Weekly |
Exclusive
online preview |
A
new novel; by Scott Smith will be
previewed on Entertainment Weekly's Web site, EW.com and will
allow EW.com readers to download the
first 10 pages of the book. |
July
6, 2006 |
|
Gemstar-TV
Guide |
Live
multi-platform coverage, blogs, podcasts |
TV
Guide will cover the Television
Critics Association biannual press tour
with daily blogs, electronic newsletters and live reports from the TV
Guide Channel. |
July
5, 2006 |
|
Seventeen |
Online
contest, partnership |
Seventeen
magazine and MySpace.com today announced a contest inviting MySpace members
to create
their own PSAs. |
July
5, 2006 |
|
Bicycling |
Website
relaunch, redesign, video, editor blogs, podcasts |
Bicycling
magazine has expanded www.bicycling.com
just in time to offer 24 hour coverage of the Tour
De France, with special sections, video
and podcasts. |
June
29, 2006 |
|
Martha
Stewart Living Omnimedia |
Branded
online photo products, photo sharing networks |
Martha
Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. announced a multiyear plan to develop a
line of branded Martha
Stewart personalized photo products to be sold at www.marthastewart.com. |
June
27, 2006 |
|
Gemstar-TV
Guide |
Website
acquisition, expansion |
Gemstar-TV
Guide will
develop and promote jumptheshark.com
a TV site where fans vent about shows they think are on the decline. |
June
22, 2006 |
|
TV
Guide |
Website
expansion, relaunch, Online gallery |
TV
Guide is planning a website re-launch and has created an online
gallery featuring photos from this TV Guide magazine's
"TV's Sexiest" photo shoots. |
June
19, 2006 |
|
Condé
Nast |
Video
content, online film festival |
Tourism
and Conventions has
struck a deal with CondeNet for an
online film festival minisite that features video shot by consumers. |
June
5, 2006 |
|
Popular
Science |
Weekly
Podcast |
Popular
Science’s contributing troubadour,
singer-songwriter
Jonathan Coulton, is now hosting a weekly podcast
from his office “on the moon”. |
June
2006 |
|
Martha
Stewart Living Omnimedia |
Website
relaunch, new content, new applications |
MarthaStewart.com
will feature a robust
community section that incorporates a host of social-networking
applications when it relaunches in early 2007. |
May
29, 2006 |
|
TV
Guide |
DVD |
TV
Guide will include DVDs
with clips of 17 new and returning TV shows that its editors
are recommending on newsstands. |
May
29, 2006 |
|
Forbes |
Partnership
with Microsoft, exclusive online special section |
Forbes.com
has launched its latest online-only
special report, focused on workplace life. The new report
called "Work Is..." includes original feature articles, as well as job
categories that are likely to disappear. The report pulls together testimony
from workers around the world, listing their thoughts on their careers.
Microsoft's People-Ready software is the exclusive sponsor of the "Work"
section. |
May
24, 2006 |
|
Nylon |
Partnership
with MySpace.com |
Nylon
magazine has struck a deal with MySpace.com
for access to the next issue of their magazine. Nylon
will release a free digital version of its music issue with MySpace, which
will be available for downloading at the magazine's Web site (www.nylonmag.com/digital),
and which will be identical to the print version. |
May
22, 2006 |
|
Entertainment
Weekly, Sports Illustrated, Star, Vanity Fair |
Partnership
with Tivo |
“Guru
Guides” are a new Tivo feature that will include program recommendations
from the editors of magazines that will be updated according to each magazine’s
frequency. For the magazines, the deal allows them to extend their brands
to television. |
May
22, 2006 |
|
Rodale |
Website
enhancement, video content |
Rodale,
the publisher of magazines such as Men's
Health and Prevention, is
expanding its brands with several new lines of digital products
including more video an expanded online presence.
|
May
15, 2006 |
|
Hearst |
Partnership
with Microsoft, MSN Lifestyle channel, video, blogs |
Hearst
Magazines will contribute editorial content from eight of its titles to
the MSN Lifestyle channel. The content
will take various forms, including articles from magazines, video interviews,
special events coverage, slide shows, blogs and quizzes. |
May
8, 2006 |
|
Yoga
Life |
Website,
podcasts, digital newsletter |
Publisher
Rodale
has launched Yoga Life magazine
with a website featuring podcasts and an email newsletter. |
May
5, 2006 |
|
Rodale |
Partnership,
sponsorship of online contest |
Rodale,
Reveille and NBC announce “The
Biggest Loser” Club Online Summer Challenge.
Fans of the NBC reality series can participate and compete online. |
May
2, 2006 |
|
Dow
Jones & Company |
New
websites, new aggregation features |
Dow
Jones & Company outlined plans for "Journal 3.0", its name for future
iterations of the newspaper. The company
intends to roll out MyWSJ.com, with greater personalization and aggregation
features; it will allow consumers to pull news feeds from the Wall
Street Journal, as well as a variety of outside sources. |
May
2, 2006 |
|
BusinessWeek |
Website
enhancement, new section, new features |
BusinessWeek
has
launched a new section featuring a
ranking of undergraduate business schools with annual costs as well as
starting salaries. |
May
1, 2006 |
|
Condé
Nast |
New
website, user generated content |
Condé
Nast publications will launch a website for teen girls. This
site's content will be largely generated by the site’s visitors and users. |
April
28, 2006 |
|
Meredith |
Acquired
digital ad agency specializing in websites |
Publishing
company Meredith
Corporation has purchased O'Grady Meyers,
an interactive shop known Web site development. The deal appears to mark
the first time a major traditional publishing company has purchased an
ad agency. |
April
25, 2006 |
|
TV
Guide |
Expanded
network of 65 blogs |
TV
Guide (www.tvguide.com)
has launched
one of the largest professional entertainment blog communities on the
Internet with over 65 entertainment
blogs that feature expert reporting and commentary from writers and editors
of both TV Guide magazine and TVguide.com. The blogs allow TVGuide.com
users to post comments and interact with the site’s critics or create
their own blog using TVGuide.com’s blogging tools. The blogs can be found
at http://www.tvguide.com/blogs. |
April
20, 2006 |
|
Condé
Nast |
Video,
expanded web coverage |
Condé
Nast is working to put more video on the companion sites of its various
magazines in 2006. Editorial director Tom Wallace
said, "I think Condé Nast and CondéNet recognize that video is an ever-increasing
part of our Web strategy.” Vanity
Fair, Glamour, GQ
and Allure already send videographers
to photo shoots; these magazines have increasingly uploaded more of their
video to the Websites. Vogue
magazine will begin filming B-roll of photo shoots, starting with a cover
story for an upcoming fall issue. |
April
19, 2006 |
|
Motor
Trend |
Digital
broadcast TV channel, podcasts, partnership with Multicast Networks Group
(MNG) |
Primedia
announced plans to create a new Digital broadcast
TV channel based on Motor Trend magazine.
The new channel, “Motor Trend TV”, will take advantage of the new multicast
broadcast spectrum by compressing their digital broadcast signals into
multiple, lower definition channels and formats. |
April
19, 2006 |
|
Make
|
Video
content on web, partnership with YouTube |
Make
has partnered
with YouTube to promote its first annual
"Maker's Faire", a national exposition where makers of homemade technology
and aspiring inventors
will convene to admire each other's
work. |
April
19, 2006 |
|
Forbes |
Website
enhancement, new RSS feeds, video content |
Forbes.com
has added a new section, “Business
In The Beltway”, focused on the crossover
between business and politics. The website will also begin carrying RSS
feeds from RealClearPolitics.com and feature a monthly show on the Forbes.com
Video Network hosted by John McIntyre, the managing editor of RealClearPolitics.com. |
April
18, 2006 |
|
Technology
Review |
Website
enhancements, daily news, blogs, Video clips |
Technology
Review magazine has put more
emphasis on its Website by adding new features and new departments,
including blogs. |
April
17, 2006 |
|
TV
Guide |
Mobile
content, partnership with Cingular |
Cingular
Video subscribers can now access a
mobile on-demand version of TV Guide Channel.
Cingular and TV Guide Mobile Entertainment have signed an agreement under
which TV Guide will deliver additional products and services to Cingular
devices. |
April
13, 2006 |
|
Runner’s
World |
Creation
of SmartCoach Training System and podcast. |
Runner’s
World online created the SmartCoach Training System
which will allow runners of all ages and abilities to create their own
free customized training program for any race at any distance. The
Runner’s World podcast for the Boston Marathon, featuring tips and advice
for running the nation’s most storied marathon, is also available on the
website. |
April
11, 2006 |
|
Yachting |
Website
relaunch, online databases, online issue previews |
The
new www.YachtingMagazine.com
contains new user features and extensive
databases and previews of print issues. |
April
6, 2006 |
|
Condé
Nast |
Website
relaunch. |
Conde
Nast launched Brides.com, an upgraded
bridal site combining content from three different magazines, which takes
you to a virtual fitting room, lets you pick from one of four body types
and examine how each would look in six different styles of gowns.
|
April
3, 2006 |
|
Reader’s
Digest Association Inc. |
Reader’s
Digest to buy existing web portal. |
The
Reader’s Digest Association Inc., publisher of Reader’s Digest said it
will buy Allrecipes.com to act as a
portal for Reader’s Digest Inc.’s existing food web sites, which support
its magazine properties including Taste of Home and Light & Tasty.
|
March
31, 2006 |
|
Hearst |
Partnership
with Bango mobile site service |
Hearst
Publications announced a partnership with Bango
to launch mobile sites for Cosmopolitan, CosmoGIRL!,
and Seventeen magazines, accessible
by consumers on any U.S.
mobile phone network. The new sites will allow readers to buy ringtones,
cell phone wallpapers, access their horoscopes, and find health and beauty
tips |
March
29, 2006 |
|
Maxim |
Mobile |
The
May issue of Maxim will be mobile-enabled,
with links in the pages to content and advertisements accessible by readers’
mobile phones. |
March
24, 2006 |
|
Hearst
|
Creation
of Hearst Digital Media |
Hearst
Digital Media will develop digital
applications and technology for its magazine brands, including video content,
podcasting and mobile offerings. |
March
22, 2006 |
|
BusinessWeek |
Partnership
with Broadband Enterprises |
BusinessWeek
online announced a partnership with Broadband Enterprises
to sell and distribute BusinessWeek Online news programming, interviews
with newsmakers, and BusinessWeek Television content across vSyndicate,
Broadband Enterprises’ network of distribution partners. |
March
17, 2006 |
|
Meredith
Corporation |
Video
content on website. |
The
publisher of Better Homes and Gardens
and Ladies Home Journal, Meredith
Corporation, has created a unit designed to create video content
around its magazine brands. |
March
14, 2006 |
|
TV
Guide |
Enhanced
search |
The
new TV search engine now integrates online video with the breadth
and depth of TV Guide’s database
of listings, photos, show and episode descriptions and other info.
|
Feb.
28, 2006 |
|
Redbook |
Print
feature now online |
Redbook
is working with MSN with an online version of one of the Redbook’s
editorial features. Each month “Real Life, Healthy Life” is published
in the magazine. The online version, which tracks the progress of
3 women attempting to lose weight, will now appear on a website that can
only be accessed through MSN. |
Feb.
28, 2006 |
|
GQ |
Mobile |
GQ
has teamed with m-Qube, a mobile-channel enabler to launch
GQ Mobile. It allows mobile users to instant access to original
content, sweepstakes and gear. |
Feb.
27, 2006 |
|
Sports
Illustrated |
Mobile
content, video content on website |
Sports
Illustrated launched a site dedicated to its swimsuit issue,
at SI.com/Swimsuit. Visitors have the option to either watch a selection
of some 40 swimsuit model videos for free with ads, or purchase the video
from Apple's iTunes music. The site also drives viewers to additional
video at Spike.com, the online extension of the lad-centric cable network. |
Feb
15, 2006 |
|
Blender |
Content
deal |
Blender
will provide its content to AOL Music Feb. 14. It will
also create a co-branded Blender-AOL radio station that will launch by
end of March. |
Feb.
13, 2006 |
|
Glamour/GQ |
Mini
magazines for mobile phone |
Britain’s
Glamour and GQ launched downloadable phone magazines (joining
Time Out and OK!). The mobile versions are create just for phone
screens and use a combination of print and mobile-only content |
Feb.
9, 2006 |
|
Time
Inc. |
New
website, online zine, video |
Time
Inc. will launch Office Pirates, a humor website that parodies
cubicle culture with varied
assortments of original media. |
Feb
10, 2006 |
|
Sports
Illustrated |
Mobile
content |
SI
columnist will begin appearing in 2-3 minute segments available to Verizon
V Cast mobile subscribers. Every week, V Cast enable phones receives a
new “Riffs of Reilly installment. |
Feb.
10, 2006 |
|
FHM |
Deal
with Zinio |
FHM
will launch a digital version with Zinio beginning in March. |
Feb.
8, 2006 |
|
Time
Inc. |
Website
relaunch |
Time
Inc. and CNN announced that their business and financial website www.cnnmoney.com
is officially
re-launching. |
January
9, 2006 |
|
Ziff-Davis |
Vodcast |
The
“1Up Show,” an online extension of the company’s consumer video-game
publications, features editors discussing video games. |
Winter
2006 |
|
Allure |
Audio
beauty tips |
Portions
from its Style Network Backstage Beauty special are
available on iTunes. |
Winter
2006 |
