Zinio lets magazine publishers who don’t want to build their own mobile apps distribute their content on devices such as the iPad. The last known funding for Zinio was $7 million the company raised in September 2005, according to PaidContent.
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Zinio is the chosen tablet partner for magazines such as TV Guide, Men’s Health, Black Enterprise and Penthouse.
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While the print magazine industry continues to falter, Zinio raising a significant round of financing to digitize content suggests that its investors are bullish about the future of online content, and tablets in particular.
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