Thursday, March 17, 2011

'WSJ' Has 200,000 Tablet Subscribers ...

From MediaDailyNews:

Digital editions for tablet computers are starting to make a noticeable contribution to newspaper circulations, with The Wall Street Journal leading the way.

The country's leading business news publication has now sold 200,000 digital subscriptions to readers who own tablet-style devices, including the Apple iPad and Amazon Kindle, according to Dow Jones boss Les Hinton.

Even more remarkable, the vast majority of these subscriptions -- 150,000, or 75% -- were sold in the last 12 months, suggesting the huge uptick is mostly attributable to growing adoption of Apple's iPad, following its release in April 2010.

Read it all here.