43 Magazines Commit to New Zinio Browser-Based Viewer
More Than Two Million Readers Subscribe to Zinio's Digital Magazines
San Francisco, CA (June 16, 2005) - Zinio, LLC, worldwide leader in digital magazine production, distribution and circulation today announced dramatic growth with the commitment of 43 magazines to its browser-based viewer, Zinio Express, in just 3 months. Magazines using, or planning to use, the new tool include Car and Driver, Cycle World, and Sound and Vision from Hachette Filipacchi Media, BusinessWeek from McGraw-Hill and Foreign Policy magazine. The company also achieved a milestone by acquiring two million subscribers, reflecting the growing base of committed readers.
Zinio Express is an easy-to-use, zero-learning curve, browser-based viewer optimized for sampling and promotion. It gives readers immediate access to magazine content with a lifelike page flip. Zinio Express became widely available in March of this year.
"Zinio offers all of the services necessary to build a successful digital business, including best-of-breed technology for subscriptions and sampling," said Lynn Newhouse, Associate Publisher, Foreign Policy magazine. "Our new Express-based sampler issue adds tremendous value as an efficient and user-friendly Web marketing tool. We have only begun to explore the multitude of opportunities Express offers us in marketing, promotion, and circulation development."
"Zinio has taken the lead in offering publishers a full suite of services and technology needed to build a digital business," said Scott Kauffman, president & CEO of Zinio, LLC. "Signing 43 titles in just three months demonstrates that our approach is working for Zinio and for our clients."
