Comments on: Why periodicals don’t belong in the iPad iBook store http://bdionescu.com/2010/01/why-periodicals-dont-belong-in-the-ipad-ibook-store/ Journalist, Blogger & Media Aficionado Mon, 10 May 2010 18:12:17 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Daniel Ionescu http://bdionescu.com/2010/01/why-periodicals-dont-belong-in-the-ipad-ibook-store/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Daniel Ionescu Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:39:45 +0000 http://bdionescu.com/?p=932#comment-387 I don't think they want to abandon the Web, and especially not Google, which sends them millions of visitors daily. Impending paywalls and other subscription mechanisms are probably a reaction to their dwindling profits, which they try to bring up through separate (more promising ventures) such as mobile apps that serve the same content (incidentally very expensive to produce). For online paywalls, the genie was out of the lamp for too long to go back, but for mobile apps, perhaps the moment is now. I don’t think they want to abandon the Web, and especially not Google, which sends them millions of visitors daily. Impending paywalls and other subscription mechanisms are probably a reaction to their dwindling profits, which they try to bring up through separate (more promising ventures) such as mobile apps that serve the same content (incidentally very expensive to produce).

For online paywalls, the genie was out of the lamp for too long to go back, but for mobile apps, perhaps the moment is now.

]]> By: Vlad Alexa http://bdionescu.com/2010/01/why-periodicals-dont-belong-in-the-ipad-ibook-store/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Vlad Alexa Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:17:52 +0000 http://bdionescu.com/?p=932#comment-386 Forgetting about the iPad's web browser? I do not see anything wrong with a periodical providing a solid website tailored to the device accessing it, there will be eventually many tablets, and already there are many smartphones, making apps for every single platform would cost more that it is worth. Is old media is really so scared of Google that they want to abandon the web totally at whatever costs and try to hide content in one hundred places ? Forgetting about the iPad’s web browser? I do not see anything wrong with a periodical providing a solid website tailored to the device accessing it, there will be eventually many tablets, and already there are many smartphones, making apps for every single platform would cost more that it is worth.

Is old media is really so scared of Google that they want to abandon the web totally at whatever costs and try to hide content in one hundred places ?

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