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Next Issue Media LLC
Kindle Fire HD

Texture (previously known as Next Issue) was a digital magazine app launched in 2012.

Kindle Fire HD.[4] Rogers Communications brought the service to Canada in late 2013.[5] The following year, a French version of the app was launched.[6]

In December 2014, Next Issue Media secured $50 million in financing from KKR.[7]

Next Issue rebranded itself as Texture and relaunched in September 2015.[8][9] That same year, Texture paid out $15 million in subscription revenue to publishers.[10]

On March 12, 2018,

Apple announced it had signed an agreement to acquire Texture for an undisclosed sum.[11] In March 2019, Apple announced a new subscription offering within its Apple News application, Apple News+, which offers a similar service. Texture was shut down on May 28, 2019, in favor of Apple News+; unlike Texture, Apple News+ is available only on Apple iOS and macOS devices, no longer supporting Android.[12][13]

References

  1. ^ Ha, Anthony (30 September 2015). "Netflix-Style Magazine App Next Issue Relaunches As Texture". TechCrunch. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Texture Catalog". Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Rogers unveils Netflix-like all-in-one digital magazine subscription service". Financial Post. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  4. PC Magazine
    . Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  5. ^ Bradshaw, James (30 September 2015). "Rogers revamps Next Issue app to cater to digital reading habits". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Rogers brings Next Issue magazine subscription app to Canada". CBC News. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  7. Wall Street Journal
    . Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  8. ^ Dana Wollman (30 September 2015). "Next Issue, the Netflix for magazines, reborn with a fresh design and new name". Engadget.com. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  9. ^ Peter Kafka (30 September 2015). "Next Issue Media, the 'Hulu for Magazines' Tries a New Name and a New Idea - Make Your Own Magazine". Recode.com. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  10. ^ Keith J. Kelly (21 June 2016). "The 'Netflix of magazines' is about to get a lot bigger". The New York Post. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  11. ^ Balakrishnan, Anita (2018-03-12). "Apple buys Texture, a digital magazine subscription service". CNBC. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  12. ^ "Apple to close Texture on May 28, following launch of Apple News+". TechCrunch. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  13. ISSN 1059-1028
    . Retrieved 2019-03-27.