The Money Shot: Holiday Tablet Surge Brings Gift to Magazines
By all preliminary measures, tablets were among the most popular gifts of the holiday season, with more 17 million activations measured by one metrics firm on Christmas Day alone. We already get word from some publishers that the expansion in the tablet base had a noticeable effect on app revenues. Hearst Magazines executives tells min it had “an overall lift in sales across all platforms” in recent weeks. Time Inc. boasts triple digit gains, claiming a 114% increase...
On May 14, McGraw Hill Financial chairman/president/ceo (since 1998) Harold ("Terry") McGraw III (wearing the grey-striped suit and red tie) rang the...