The international tech, business and culture blog with 5.1 million readers a month — one of the world’s most influential – officially launches its monthly tablet magazine.
The front cover is animated and the featured artwork is brilliant, say the publishers. The monthly magazine will include:
• Moving covers: using video to show off work by the artist of the month.
• Riveting gadget reviews: including big images and focusing on innovative and futuristic gadgets, such as concept cars and phones.
• Movie, book and app links to iTunes and embedded HD movie trailers in the review section: these will bring reviews to life, and allow readers to download reviewed products on the spot.
• iPad wallpapers from featured graphic artists: Graphic artists feature prominently each month, with full screen photos of their work. Many of these images will be available as wallpaper to download right away.
• Bespoke, high-value ads: using all the interactive functionality of iPad to show off advertisers’ products and services.
TNW Founder and Editor Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten says, “When I reviewed my magazine designs on iPad the first time, I had a rush of adrenalin. The Mag+ software rocks. It’s the perfect tool, allowing us to produce our 50-page tablet issue while expanding the team only by two.”
The Next Web joins the family of over 100 titles on Mag+, including award-winners Popular Science+, American Photo+, the British Journal of Photography, and many others renowned, says Mag+, for their beautiful design and high download numbers.
Click here to download the first iPad edition of The Next Web for free. TNW is offering this first issue for free, with a yearly subscription at US$9.99. The option to buy one-off editions for US$1 will soon be in place.
