Record Circulation for The Economist Fueled by Digital Subscribers, iPad Chipping in Nicely
20/02/2012 |
Last week The Economist announced it had reached 1.5 million subscribers for the first time, and highlighted the contribution and the potential for growth of their digital subscriptions.
It took us 160 years to reach one million circulation, but only seven years to reach one and a half million. We now expect to reach two million within five years, fueled by rapid growth in digital circulation. By then we expect to have more digital than print readers.
Not surprisingly, the iPad edition - The...
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Time Warner Cable's Streaming iPad App Loses Some Channels, Adds More
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