Telegraph.co.uk published a rather damning piece on iPad magazine apps this week. Monty Munford, a seasoned tech journalist, is less than optimistic about the future prospects of such apps, especially in the UK:
“For all the furore about the iPad being the saviour of magazines and the future for paid journalism, the market is pitifully small in the UK…and there are plenty of reasons why this is unlikely to change for years.”
He continues:
“I don’t doubt there is a market here, but publishers need to be more innovative. I like reading Private Eye and while I may not subscribe to it, I always buy it at an airport or railway station. Even so, I don’t find all of it interesting, but I’d certainly be interested in buying an app that gave me a choice of its content to cherry pick.”
