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Digital magazine service Texture, which was once partly-owned by Rogers Media, until Apple acquired it for a reported $485 million USD, has officially shut down. After Apple launched its subscription news service Apple News+, which integrates digital magazines from Texture, the latter announced it would be sunset on May 28, 2019. Launching the Texture iOS...

According to the New York Post, Apple’s price paid for digital magazine service, Texture, worked out to “at least” $485 million USD: The sale price of $485 million included a $100 million up-front payment to four publishers who teamed up to launch Texture — Condé Nast, Meredith and Hearst and Rogers in Canada — plus...

With the launch of Apple News+ and its selection of hundreds of magazines, Apple has decided to naturally shut down Texture. Texture, prior to being acquired by Apple, was partly owned by Rogers Media and other major magazines publishers, offering a Netflix-type version of digital magazines. TechCrunch reports Texture has started notifying customers the standalone...

Apple is planning to release a news subscription service and is facing both support and resistance from a number of publishers after the tech firm stated that they expected to receive 50 percent of all revenue generated by publishers using its platform. The service has been described as a "Netflix for news," allowing members to...

Apple is preparing to relaunch Texture, an app it agreed to buy in March that offers unlimited access to about 200 magazines, as soon as the coming spring. According to a new report from Bloomberg, the all-new Apple News is based on Texture, the $9.99 USD a month magazine service Apple purchased back in March. As happened with...

Citing people familiar with the matter, Recode is reporting that Apple has been in talks with some of the leading newspapers in the U.S. since earlier this summer in hopes of adding their stories to Texture, the popular digital magazine service it acquired last year.  Eddy Cue and a bunch of other Apple executives are said to have reached...

Apple acquired Texture, the 'Netflix for magazines,' in March as a clear bid to get into the media space. The company has informed all its users that the Texture app for Windows will be pulled from the Microsoft Store on June 30th. There was no reason provided for the removal of this platform, but given...

Apple is reportedly readying a new premium subscription service in an attempt to generate more revenue from online content and services. According to a new report from Bloomberg, the service will reportedly use technology from Texture, a magazine subscription service Apple bought last month. Apple will integrate Texture’s technology into the Apple News app with a premium...

John Loughlin, the CEO of popular magazine subscription service Texture, has left the company following its recent acquisition by Apple. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the executive, who helped grow Texture and also engineered the company's sale to Apple, is now planning to lead a mid-phase startup after a brief transition period. Loughlin, a former Hearst and Meredith...

If you were thinking of signing up for Texture for unlimited access to monthly and weekly magazines, the company has a promo code right now which offers savings of 50% off for six months. All you have to do is enter the code 50OFF6 during checkout, to apply your discount. This mean you’ll get either...

The best of waking up, is Folgers in your cup, right? If that’s your life mantra, then you’ll be pleased to know a current Folgers promo offers three free premium months of Texture, the digital magazine subscription from Rogers, valued at $14.99 per month. Texture offers a free 30 day trial of its magazine subscription...