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Rumors have been circulating for months that a consortium of major magazine publishers has been at work on a plan to provide digital content through an online store similar to iTunes or Amazon.

In this Feb. 9, 2009 file photo, the Kindle 2 electronic reader is shown at an Amazon.com news conference in New York.

Magazines and newspapers that sell content through the digital storefront being planned by five major publishers will get the "lion's share" of any revenue the storefront generates, according to the storefront's interim managing director.

NEW YORK Hearst Corp. finally revealed more about its e-reader service Friday with the forthcoming launch of Skiff.

Less than a year after folding the print version of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and all but abandoning the competition for the local newspaper market,A Hearst now is now planning to re-enter the fray.

It's been the dirty little secret of newspapers for 150 years: Print all the news that's fit to print except news about newspapers.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Hearst Corp. plans to launch a new service next year to sell digital versions of magazines and newspapers, including the San Francisco Chronicle , for eReaders and other electronic devices.

St. Edward Catholic Church's magnificent centerpiece, the Altar of the Sacred Heart, is sculpted from Carrara marble and placed in front of a niche extending upwards more than 40 feet that serves as a canvas for murals depicting the Apostles.

A. Laurence Kaiser IV, president of Key-Ventures Realty, in front of his listing at 17 East 77th Street From the December Issue: Fascination with Manhattan high society has reached a fever pitch lately.

If members of the media were organized into broad characterizations, print publishers would be the old coot in the ramshackle house, cane in hand, yelling at the youngsters to get off the lawn.

Some of the magazine industry's biggest names are on the verge of forming a new company that would make up one of the biggest alliances among rival publishers ever formed in print media with the goal of developing and promoting digital versions of their publications, reports The New York Observer .

Rumors of magazine publishers striking a deal to make their content available for digital devices -- even a certain tablet -- have been around for quite a while now, but it looks like something may finally be close to really happening.

US magazine publishers Time Inc., Conde Nast and Hearst are preparing to launch an online newsstand described as an "iTunes for magazines," according to published reports.

In September 2004, John Randolph "Bunky" Hearst Jr. and his wife, Barbara, hosted what would be their last dinner party at the couple's estate in the Hamptons.

Twitter's Stone Says Selling Company Is Not an Option Twitter isn't for sale and may eventually be taken public, co-founder Biz Stone said.

One of the strongest pieces of evidence in support of the existence of an Apple tablet has come into question today.

The New York Observer : Some of the magazine industry's biggest names are on the verge of forming a new company that would allow them to take the digital future into their own hands.

AOL Revamping Its Logo, Hoping to Revive the Brand A new brand identity to be adopted by AOL next month, when it is spun off from Time Warner, ditches the odd-looking triangle that has long served as the brand symbol and replaces the letters AOL with "Aol." -- complete with a period.

O, The Oprah Magazine is in the midst of a sweeping redesign that will be unveiled on the 10th anniversary issue next May.

Anne Scripps Douglas: proof perfect that money doesn't buy you everything. In fact, Anne Scripps Douglas is proof perfect that money might not even buy you life, let alone a happy one.