Conde Nast Power Publishing House Today

Remember Conde Nast, the power house behind legendary magazines like Vogue, W, Glamour, GQ, Brides, Wired, Architectural Digest, Vanity Fair and Bon Appetit that has becomes a legend or guides for others.  Last year they've closed five major publication - Portfolio, Gourmet, Modern Bride, Elegant Bride and Cookie (a parenting magazine).  They can see the shift of times is coming, it's no longer (or will become less) the print. But information delivered fast instant, reliable and interactivity. They now offer "app-exclusive extras, including interactive features, video, slideshows, and more", see their latest newsletter here, you can also check their publication pricing here.

Regardless, the media publishing industry will not be the same anymore, the industry will revolve more around the people's ability to help further distribute the content, exclusivity of story angle and crowd sourcing. They will also revolve more around digitized version rather than their print, so regardless whether it is iPad, Galaxy Tab, Kindle or PlayBook.

I also wonder whether crowd publishing like paper.li will be a concept of the future?

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Can We Save Newsweek

Here's what the staff and team at Newsweek.com (better visit the site to see or save while you can, as it will soon disappear) are trying to do whatever they can to save the website from merging and completely disappear in the belly of the Beast.
According to Mashable, both publications are reporting yearly losses in the millions ($28 million for Newsweek and $10 million for The Daily Beast).

And do try to re-blog, re-tweet or re-post their message, hopefully we can make a difference (remember GAP logo?).

Click here to see the complete article, visit here for the Newsweek tumblr blog.

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Apple app: Hong Kong leading newspaper reached 17,000 iPad users

Within four weeks of South China Morning Post launch of their app, it has been downloaded by over 17,000 users.
I was not surprised, iPhone is already leading the market in Hong Kong as the number 1 preferred mobile phone.
When iPad finally enters Hong Kong market, people were jumping all over the place to try and get hold of the piece of tech. It was amazing when I was in several tech store in Hong Kong listening to people going around asking if the store have stock iPad, but most of the answer are "you'll have to get on the waiting list".

Second factor to consider is, in 2008 the media research already shows that people are spending more time on Internet versus print media - newspaper, magazine and TV. The reach is a lot faster, the city is perfect with the telecommunications infrastructure, with PCCW dominance on WIFI hotspot all around the city just helps technology like iPad.

Media will definitely need to have online and offline presence, the tech is working and people love it. Interested to know how this will shift the landscape of journalism. I mean news are on your hand, you don't have to wait anymore for morning paper, no more piling up papers and throwing them off or cluttering your desk. Some tech are able to make the news read it for you.

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