IPC Media: Wallpaper*, the international design, fashion and lifestyle magazine, is launching a new iPad app. The app, in association with Herm’s, entitled Case Studies, is free to download and launches with images curated by Wallpaper’s architecture, art, design, interiors, lifestyle and fashion teams. With a new photograph or video uploaded every day, this simple and beautifully executed app will build an invaluable and inspirational archive.
Bauer Media ZOO magazine, has launched an Android app – ZOO Roller Girl. Each of the 15 themed levels in the game involves rolling a different object around the screen – from a football to a bar of soap – clearing frosted glass to gradually reveal a ZOO model. A global league table will collect the fastest times.
ZOO Editor Damien McSorley commented: “This has been designed to be a fun gaming app and by launching it on the Android, we are tapping into a hugely popular trend on a growing platform. ZOO Roller Girl will provide another valuable route – beyond print and online – to engage and entertain our audiences.”
John Brown Publishing: Butlins Much loved British holiday company Butlins, which this year celebrates its 75th year, has stepped up its activity with John Brown, refreshing its customer magazine and increasing its frequency from four to six issues.
Hachette – Sugar magazine closes reports Press Gazette
Paper prices are set to go up in 2011 reports Helen Morris at Print Week: ‘Printers will face more paper woes in the new year after Europe’s mills proposed double-digit price hikes, including an increase of up to £50 per tonne for coated mechanical papers printweek.com
Redactive Media Group has been selected to form a new partnership with the Royal College of Physicians to produce their quarterly membership magazine Commentary.