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Next Issue Media’s unlimited magazine subscriptions have had a solid footing on Android tablets and iPads, but Windows tablet owners have faced the prospect of subscribing to one magazine at a time — the horror. They can rest a little easier knowing that Next Issue’s reader app is now available for Windows 8 in the US. The software makes the expected leap to the modern Windows UI, and goes the extra mile to use native tricks such as the optimized multitasking view and pinning favorite magazines to the Start screen. Readers will still need to pay a monthly rate of either $10 (for slower publications) or $15 (including weekly titles) to get full access; when the app itself is free to try for a month, though, it won’t hurt to give Next Issue a spin on that Surface Pro.

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December 31st will mark the end of one of the biggest names in the world of printed news. As noted back in October, however, Newsweek isn’t saying die, it’s just jumping head first into the warm embrace of digital media. And as the publication revealed via its Twitter account, it will be doing so with a wink and a nod, thanks to a giant #lastprintissue hashtag smack dab in the middle of a classy black and white cover. #godspeed, Newsweek, #godspeed.

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It’s no secret that print media is on its way out, as many regional and niche publications have had to either find a path through the digital wilderness or fold completely. We’re still not used to national publications facing that ultimatum, though, which makes Newsweek‘s fresh decision to drop its print edition after December 31st both unusual and a bellwether. Anyone still yearning for the magazine’s content after the presses stop will have to turn to the purely digital Newsweek Global or its The Daily Beast sibling, no matter how attached they are to the outlet’s 80-year history with paper. The explanation for the cutoff remains a familiar story: print readership is dying on the vine and expensive to maintain, while web and tablet adoption is growing quickly enough that Newsweek believes it can make the switch without taking a long-term financial hit. Whether or not the transition works, it’s evident the periodical knows its identity must be wrapped around an online presence — figuratively, not literally.

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Newsweek to drop print edition after December 31st, gives the digital future a warm hug originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ok, really. What publication doesn’t have an iOS app at this point? Today legendary quarterly lit mag The Paris Review joined the fray. More »