The app currently offers 39 magazines in two pricing tiers, described by Harry McCracken on Time magazine’s Techland blog:

“… there are two flat fees: $9.99 a month gets you all 34 available titles with less-than-weekly frequency, from All You to Wired. $14.99 a month gets you those, plus the five weeklies (Entertainment Weekly, People, Sports Illustrated, The New Yorker and, ahem, TIME).”

The iPad launch represents a bit of a reversal, as Next Issue Media was conceived (in 2009) as a way to blunt Apple’s perceived platform dominance.

Although the tiered pricing has been the subject of some debate (how many American households spend $180 a year on magazine subscriptions?), I think it’s a secondary issue. Of greater concern: Why do I want a single app with a cross-section of magazines?

Complete article here.

Credit: www.the-digital-reader.com