Next Issue Consortium Falls Down to Earth

Once, Next Issue Media looked like it might have a bright future. An unprecedented collaboration by five of publishing’s biggest companies, Next Issue was intended to secure their digital future by preparing magazines for digital delivery and creating an iTunes-like online newsstand from which to sell them.

Now, however, it looks like it could be the latest in a line of failed digital consortiums.
Nearly two years since the idea for the consortium was formulated, Next Issue has been a costly venture—backers Time Inc.,

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