Mobile Strategy Advice, Apple’s iPhone News, Tina Brown’s Next Move, Leveraging Data-Driven Journalism, Adobe’s DPS v28 Webinar, Rodale’s Workflow Revamp, Women in Media: The Latest Career News, TFP’s Infographic Pick of the Week: Breaking Into App Stores
Welcome to TFP’s weekly roundup of interesting and noteworthy stories from the publishing world. This week, we’re looking at Apple’s latest product announcements, Tina Brown’s next venture, a successful workflow overhaul, and more.
- By now, you’ve heard about Apple’s release of two new iPhones. The Verge has a good overview of their features and how they compare to the other options out there. Apple also confirmed at the iPhone press event that iOS 7 will officially launch next Wednesday.
- Those who have recently been speculating about EIC Tina Brown’s future at The Daily Beast—and the future of the site itself—following the sale of Newsweek now have their answer: Brown announced Wednesday that she’s leaving the news site to start her own events company, Tina Brown Live Media.
- Folio has been running a series of articles by Jeffrey Litvack, titled “So Your CEO Says You Need to Be a ‘Digital First’ Publisher?” You can find all four installments on Folio’s website, including the latest post, which outlines five things to consider before you decide on a mobile strategy.
- “Analytics are tools for listening,” writes Owen Thomas, in a thought-provoking piece on ReadWrite.com about the future of data-driven journalism. Check it out—it might inspire you!
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In a webinar on Monday, Adobe will discuss the changes you’ll see in Digital Publishing Suite Release 28 and outline features planned for the next release. The event will also cover Adobe’s decision to stop supporting CS5 as of DPS v28, and how the release of iOS 7 will affect your apps. You can register to attend the hour-long session on the Adobe website.
- A best-practices workflow initiative at Rodale helped lay the groundwork for a system that would provide editorial workflow tools as well as cross-media publishing capabilities. Find out what it took to get Rodale’s system successfully up and running in TFP’s latest case study.
- Visit TFP’s Women in Media blog for a roundup of the latest news highlighting women’s roles in the evolving media landscape as we head into Fall, including changes afoot at Capitol File, Yahoo News, New York magazine, and more.
- Every Wednesday, we post our Infographic Pick of the Week. This week on the TFP blog, learn more about how hard it is to break into Apple’s and Google’s app stores.
This Week in Publishing appears every Friday on the TFP blog. Every week we compile interesting and noteworthy stories from the publishing world and put together a wrap-up to help our readers stay up-to-date. Think we missed something great? Leave a comment below and let us know!
Posted by: Gina Barrett