Future of all online magazines: moving front covers.

Recently, Marie Claire has launched an app for the iPad, turning Watson's December covershoot for the American edition of the publication into a 'living' image.They have debuted an interactive issue for Apple’s iPad that features a moving cover, as well as video clips and outtakes exclusive to the tablet. The Marie Claire application is powered by Zinio and gives readers the option of purchasing a single issue or a yearly subscription. The application showcases fashion and beauty products, accessories and clothing.[With the living cover] we had to map it out and when you look at it, it’s like one of those really complicated scientific computer drawings,” said Joanna Coles, editor in chief of Marie Claire, New York. “It’s the first time that it’s been done and I’m so excited,we really wanted to put the magazine in 3-D."

Our society today no longer live in a world where television, video games, films, newspapers, radio, magazines, music exist separately, so the media industry are just developing and coming up with new ideas on how to merge media's together. As we are becoming an online digital environment, online magazines are becoming more popular as the months go by, media commentators predict that by 2020 only 10% of magazine reading will be from hard copies on paper. As new technologies launch, for example the 'Ipad 2', it is making the internet more assessable for the public to read, and look at online magazines.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1339398/All-magic-Emma-Watson-moving-magazine-cover-wouldnt-Hermione-pleased.html

So we now have 3D televisions, could we possibly start having 3D magazines in the upbringing future?

In the future, this would suit my magazine, as all through my development, I have spoken about different ways that the magazine can show the singers/bands personality through fonts, colours etc.. What would be even better is if there became sound, so you could actually hear what the band was playing on the front cover, making the public want to buy their album!