Paid Content has published a report about the success of the publishers who were the early adopters of the new Apple digital newsstand platform. Newsagents should read this.
The success of the newsstand platform, even though it is only in its early days, will draw attention from more publishers.
This is what we need to watch and be aware of as it will impact our longer term business plans. We need to be aware of any moves to digital of products which we sell in our businesses … as I’ve written here for years.
There are two key contexts of concern: how magazine distributors deal with us through the transition and what we bring to our businesses to respond to the challenge of digital.