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Introducing Samsung Mobile for Zinio!

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The iPad is six years old…let go of the traditional magazine format

The fist iPad was released in 2010. Unlike the desktop and laptop screens that went before it, this beautiful device represented the first real opportunity for publishers to recreate the traditional magazine experience on a digital device. But six years on, we’re still in the mindset of recreating traditional magazine formats online, and as Kelly Conlin - president and CEO of Zinio - explains, there’s far more to successful online publishing than migration.

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Here Are 3 Ways To Join The #ZinioDay Party

Our team is getting ready to celebrate the success of the digital publishing industry with a special (social) celebratio…

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Our president, Kelly Conlin, discusses “what’s next” for digital magazines at FIPP World Congress.

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Traveler Magazine Cover Winner Announced!

A few weeks ago we ran an assignment called the Best of the World. Three editors from Traveler magazine sifted through over 34,000 photos to find one image for the cover. Today, the winner is announced: Victor Lima, of Brazil. Read more about him below and listen to a piece of the phone conversation when we revealed that he was the winner!

Victor bought his very first camera in November of 2014. Five months later he made the photo that is now on the cover of National Geographic Traveler Magazine, something many photographers spend careers working towards. We wanted to know more about him, his process, and what kind of work it takes to get so good so quickly. 

Q: You are so new to photography–this is amazing. What do you think helped you grow so quickly?

A: I believe that several factors helped in my rapid evolution. Since childhood I have been fond of drawing by hand and started practicing it early. Drawing by hand I developed a creative view of the world. I studied art a little bit in high school as well. Since I started photography I study everyday about light and composition. Do not be afraid to take risks and be bold. And of course, be passionate about photography.

Q: Do you have any tips for other amatuer photographers?

A: Study light and composition a lot, and try to make your photo speak for itself without captions. The compositions must be strong and clean, without many elements to distract the viewer.The last thing you should worry about is [having] professional-grade equipment. First we should focus on the concepts and photographic techniques. Photography is about being in the right place at the right time. Planning helps a lot.

Q: How does it feel to know your photo will be seen on newsstands around the world?

A: I’m very excited about it! Having my picture on the cover of the world’s best travel magazine is something surreal right now. I’m sure the pictures [from] my competitors were as good as mine, and I was very honored to have my photo chosen for the cover. I would like to thank National Geographic for this unique opportunity.

Q: Has your profession, civil engineering, helped you with your photography?

I believe that photography has a creative side and a logical side. The logical side has to do with solving problems quickly without losing that magical moment. It has to do with mathematics when we have to make exposure adjustments and interpret histograms. In engineering we are trained to solve problems quickly and develop our logical side, plus we also understand geometric design. I believe engineering helps me with the logical and mathematical issues that photography has.

Q: What makes this waterfall, Salto Corumbá, so special?

This waterfall is a masterpiece of nature and is very close to where I live. I was teaching myself long exposure photography and decided to try it at this waterfall. I still had not yet been there before. When I got close to it I fell in love with it’s greatness. I made the photos I wanted and then went swimming at the foot of the waterfall, which is an amazing experience. It is 69 meters high and very strong. When I got home and saw the photos I realized that all my efforts were paying off. It was at this waterfall that helped me believe I could go far with photography and it will be in my memory forever.

See more of Victor’s images on his Your Shot profile, and see the other 14 finalists’ photos in the Best of the World story.

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President Obama is named OUT Magazine’s ally of the year. Pick up the issue and read the history-making interview right now, at $5 off. 

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Looking at the year ahead, with Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2016 predictions. 

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How would one sum up the mood that emerged from all the action on the Spring 2016 runways?

We’ve broken down the 12 key trends here.

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Scanned Images of Seasonal Produce Transformed Into Works of Art

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Well this is rad

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It was the world’s most ambitious social-engineering project—and one of the most controversial. But on Oct. 29, after more than three decades, China finally ended its one-child family planning policy, allowing all Chinese couples to have two children, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. In this photograph by Wang Zhao of @afpphoto—@gettyimages, a man and child stand in the Yangtze River in Wuhan, in central China’s Hubei province on August 3, 2015. Read TIME’s report by our correspondent Hannah Beech in Shanghai on time.com.

#China #👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 #🇨🇳 http://ift.tt/1kVPTLz

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“Billions of years ago, comets might have brought the essential ingredients for life to Earth. And what could possibly be more essential than ethyl alcohol? Our favorite ingredient in wine, beer, and liquor has been found on the aptly named comet Lovejoy. It’s the first time we’ve detected this boozy molecule on a comet, and the finding adds to the evidence that comets could have seeded Earth with the complex building blocks of life.”  Read more about Comet Lovejoy’s alcohol spewing at popsci.com. Image Credit: Fabrice Noel

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Star stuff. Read Pop Science at Zinio.

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What are your thoughts on models like gig hadid and Kendall Jenner??

We love to call them the “Post-It Girls” because clearly they post a lot! Really, they are the first of a new generation of models that have more to offer than just showing the clothes. They have personality, they are real and fun. 

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If Marty McFly was to pick up a copy of The Economist in Hill Valley–in 1885, 1955 or 1985–what would he find?

Daily Chart: Back to The Economist in 1885, 1955 and 1985

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Pepsi Perfect From ‘Back to the Future Part II’ Is Now Real

As we wait for the production of hoverboards and self-lacing shoes, we bide our time with Pepsi Perfect. The soda that Marty McFly orders from an '80s-themed diner will be available today to coincide with the date he travels to in Back to the Future Part II.

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OUT NOW! #JenniferAvello for @CosmopolitanMX, del 15 al 30 de Oct! ✨ | Thank you @Zinio for always having my back when it comes to finding all my international publications. #MyZinio

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Photographer Kate Owen takes a Lincoln MKX on a road trip to the Rockaways.

Pictured: The 2016 Lincoln MKX in the Black Label “Muse” design

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Nikon received over 2,000 submissions from 83 countries around the world for their annual Small World competition. Microscopic or near microscopic images are submitted of the array of tiny things that make up most of our planet. Clockwise from top left are a bladderwort—a carnivorous freshwater plant, a clam shrimp, a spore capsule on the tip of tiny moss, and a brain tumor in a mouse. All of these made it into the top 10. See the incredible first place winner here. Image Credits clockwise from top left: Igor Siwanowicz, Ian Gardiner, Henri Koskinen, Giorgio Seano & Rakesh K. Jain