New Yorker

RingTales Debuts Animated Video Podcasts of New Yorker Cartoons

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 23, 2007 - 2:30pm.

Santa Monica, Calif. - RingTales, a company that creates animated versions of print cartoons for Internet, mobile, broadcast and portable devices, announced that it has signed an agreement with publisher Conde Nast to create an ad-supported, video podcast of animated cartoons from The New Yorker. The free podcast, available through iTunes, will send subscribers three new animations -- or "RingTales" -- of New Yorker cartoons each week. The animations will also be available on The New Yorker's website beginning next month.

New Yorker Offers Complete Archives on $299 Portable Hard Drive

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 13, 2006 - 1:39pm.
New York - Publisher Conde Nast has introduced a palm-sized, 80GB portable hard drive that contains the entire archive of its New Yorker magazine, spanning over 4,000 issues dating back to 1925. The 3x5-inch, brushed aluminum USB drive is selling for $299, and includes around 20GB of extra space on the hard drive for personal use, or subsequent updates from The New Yorker.