Digital magazine app
Texture (previously known asNext Issue ) was a digital magazine app launched in 2012.[ 1] monthly subscription fee that gave readers access to over 200 magazines.[ 2] joint-venture betweenCondé Nast ,Hearst Magazines ,Meredith Corporation ,News Corp ,Rogers Media , andTime Inc. [ 3] iOS ,Android andKindle Fire HD .[ 4] Rogers Communications brought the service toCanada in late 2013.[ 5] French version of the app was launched.[ 6]
In December 2014, Next Issue Media secured $50 million in financing fromKKR .[ 7]
Next Issue rebranded itself as Texture and relaunched in September 2015.[ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
On March 12, 2018,Apple announced it had signed an agreement to acquire Texture for an undisclosed sum.[ 11] Apple News application, Apple News+, which offers a similar service. Texture was shut down on May 28, 2019, in favor of Apple News+. Unlike Texture, Apple News+ is available only on AppleiOS andmacOS devices.[ 12] [ 13]
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