By Andrea Bellemare: Editor - in - chief Arianna Huffington makes announcement at Digital Media Summit in Toronto, where tablet computers steal the limelight, TORONTO — The Huffington Post available in a weekly magazine version for the iPad, president and editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington confirmed at a media summit in Toronto. It "will be a weekly magazine version with the best of the original reporting and the best of blogs and the best of video that we produce", Ms Huffington said on Thursday, adding the magazine would launch next month. She was speaking at the Digital Media Summit, a two-day social media and marketing conference where the rise of the tablet was a theme that popped up again and again. The Huffington Post iPad weekly will feature everything from original reporting to satirical blogs. "It’s just going to be in terms of what is considered the best quality stuff we had that week, not necessarily the most popular stuff we had that week," Ms Huffington said. The Huffington Post announcement capped off two days of panels and speeches about digital and social media trends in which the tablet device emerged as a winner, trailed closely by social and interactive television. "The tablet is more about consumption. I keep saying it’s getting rid of the computer more than it’s encroaching on the smartphone," Daniel Odio, CEO of Socialize, said during a panel. "The tablet is the new hub, the new computer." Mobile Roadie CEO Michael Schneider, whose company will release a music iPad app on Monday, said he hoped to bank on the trend of tablet users buying more products than their desktop counterparts. "Having that immersive experience really makes a difference in terms of what people are willing to spend on their tablets," he said. The larger screen size of a tablet was touted as the biggest reason for the device’s win over smartphones. "The iPad and tablets in general are a really great medium for creation," explained Thom Cummings of Soundcloud, a web program that allows users to create and upload sound files for other users to stream, download and share. "The tablet allows you to create something in a minute and make it valuable and make it something you can share with the rest of the world," he said. Read Full Story At BusinessDay, Source: Article
