Fox Business published a story that some of the printed magazines intend to redesign their print titles to fit the tablet format. The main reason for the change would be that creating and running separate apps for every title and every device is getting expensive. Apparently the easier and more cost effective way to be present in different news-consumption channels is to redesign the main titles in such a way so they work and are interactive as apps. Fox writes that: “This ironic repurposing of apps back in to print could, in time, significantly re-shape the discipline of magazine design. But that’s something many readers may now be ready for. So potent is the agency users feel when controlling their screen with their fingers, growing numbers of them are catching themselves pinch-zooming a printed leaf in the expectation of interaction.” Read more here
