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Condé Nast, the magazine publisher whose brands include WIRED, Vanity Fair and VOGUE, announced this week that downloads of their magazine applications have exceeded 3.8 million since the company’s conception on the App Store a number of months ago.

That 3.8 million downloads figure sounded big when I initially heard it. Then I looked at the number of titles Conde Nast has in the App Store – more than a dozen just for the iPad – and without having any context for it, it doesn’t seem that striking. I’d be much more interested in seeing a breakdown of their most popular titles’ numbers, as well as paid vs. free downloads, and iPad and iPhone numbers broken out.

I know Wired magazine was touting some impressive numbers shortly after it launched – I’d love to know how it’s fared since then, especially as I think it’s the best iPad edition of any magazine I’ve seen hit the App Store.

If anyone has seen any detailed figures for Conde Nast, or other publishers, App Store numbers please share a link in the comments.

News via: 148apps.biz

Plans for iPad Versions of GQ, Wired, The New Yorker and More from Condé Nast

March 1, 2010 Patrick Jordan 2 Comments

GQ on iPhone

Newspapers and magazines must be up very high on the list of ‘can’t wait to see it on iPad’ items. So it’s always good to hear a bit of news on plans for leading titles that are coming to the iPad, and when we should expect to see them. Like this from a New York Times report today:

Condé Nast’s plans for the iPad tablet computer from Apple are getting firmer.

The company already has an iPhone version of GQ.
The first magazines for which it will create iPad versions are Wired, GQ, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and Glamour, the company plans to announce in an internal memorandum on Monday.

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