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Top 25 U.S. Newspapers

U.S. newspapers saw daily circulation decrease on average by less than 1 percent from March 2012 to March 2013. by Alliance for Audited Media The Top 5 newspapers by average daily circulation: Top 5 newspapers by daily digital editions: AAM released its semiannual newspaper Snapshot report (formerly known as FAS-FAX), which covers top-line circulation and … Continue reading »

Yankee Publishing Knows How to Make an iPad App

If you’re interested in how to make an iPad app, we have a fantastic example for you from Yankee Publishing Inc. Old Farmers Almanac Monthly Magazine is available on the iPad for anyone interested in gardening, food, weather and those little tidbits that make life so interesting. Millions of readers love the Old Farmer’s Almanac … Continue reading »

What journalists need to know about the difference between Web apps and native apps

  Facebook’s recent unveiling of Home, a software suite for Android phones (and soon tablets), offered more evidence that apps rule the mobile world. Just a few years ago, usage of apps lagged Web browsing within that world. But we now spend more than 80 percent of our mobile time with apps, according to Flurry … Continue reading »

Mag+ Challenges Publishers to Re-Imagine the Issue

Three Years and 1,000 Apps Later, Touchscreen Publishing Pioneer Offers Four Key Factors for Success in Making Great Apps New York, New York, April 3, 2013—After three years and more than 1,000 touchscreen publication apps, Mag+ and its customers have learned how to unleash the power of this important medium. Contrary to the word of uninformed doomsayers, Mag+ … Continue reading »

WWE – Interactive Digital Magazine

Reading about wrestling is like dancing about architecture: something just gets lost in the translation. True fans need to hear the shouting, the screaming and the bones breaking. They need to see the bodies fly! A few of them probably wouldn’t mind smelling the smells either (but we’re going to pass on that, thanks). Earlier … Continue reading »

Mag+ 4.1 – Create Your Interactive Mobile Apps

It has never been easier to create interactive mobile apps. The main things Mag + wanted to accomplish with new release are to 1) extend the creative possibilities with the Mag+ system; and 2) make producing an issue faster and easier. Basically they took a bunch of stuff that required HTML before and built it … Continue reading »

RJI: Tips for creating tablet apps to reach younger audience

Creating a tablet application for your news organization is challenging but doable. Be ready to admit your failures and build on them, said digital media guru Doug Bennett. “When you’re in digital you have to recognize that there’s no recipe for success because you’re always experimenting and trying new things,” he said. Bennett is the … Continue reading »

Mag+: Unleash the Content; Build Your Dream App Contest

Do you look at magazine and other content apps out there and think “I could do better”? If so, now’s your chance. Mag+ is excited to announce its first ever Unleash the Content; Build Your Dream App contest—a chance for iOS developers to reinvent the future of touchscreen content and build the publishing app of … Continue reading »

Notre Dame Gameday interactive program

Joe Zeff Design Studio created and developed an interactive gameday program for the University of Notre Dame to provide fans of the top-ranked college football team with a preview of the BCS National Championship game against No. 2 Alabama. Notre Dame Gameday is packed with game recaps, photo and video galleries, statistical analyses, interactive rosters, animated … Continue reading »

Hearst Magazines has nearly 800,000 digital subscriptions

In a post-holiday letter to employees Hearst Magazines president David Carey highlights company’s successes in the 2012 and points to new initiatives for 2013. David Carey claim that Hearst Magazines now has the highest number of paid monthly digital subscriptions across tablet devices in the industry—at nearly 800,000. The subscriptions are generating profits and 80 … Continue reading »

How to redesign 1

Good redesign is driven by a deep understanding of the editorial mission of the publication.

Headline on photographs

The eternal dilemma! Dilemma of all editors on the planet Earth – to put or not put the headline or any kind of type in the photo.

BACK to BASICS: Portraits

Portraits of people are one of the first elements of the photography used in newspapers.

Typography: x-heigh

In typography, x-heigh refers to the heigh of lower case letters without upper or lower parts when compared to capital letters...

BODY COPY

Newspaper typefaces require a higher legibility then typefaces used for other printed products. Newspaper are printed on a paper of lesser quality under high speed.

Typeface: NY Times Magazine

Sunday Magazine is an expansive family of fonts for information in tiny spaces and headlines at large sizes.

Infographics

When, why and whether to use infographic. The basic fact is that infographic refresh the publication, and it contributes to originality of your product.

Design Facts

Three elements that will greatly help you to understand how readers are observing you.

A well-designed publication

Everything that a well-designed publication must have...

Design Theory

There is no design theory and definition. There are only basic principles that are the base for recording designers ideas and imagination on the paper, tablet or your web.

Get to know your readers

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Designer George Lois

“I always knew I was the most talented kid in the school, ” says George Lois of his time at Music and Art. “I was lucky to be exposed to the city’s best art education"...

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