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Huffington Post Media Group Launches IPad Magazine

By TechTaffy Desk

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The Huffington Post Media Group (HPMG) is launching Huffington, a new, weekly magazine app that takes advantage of the iPad’s signature Retina display. The iPad magazine  is avaialble on the App Store Newsstand right now.

Arianna Huffington (President and Editor-in-Chief, Huffington Post Media Group):  At HuffPost, we now have nearly 500 editors and reporters who produce between 70 and 80 original reported stories each day.

Each week, Huffington will lead off with a primer on the news of the week, Q&As, photo essays, data visualizations, commentary, and notable quotes from the HuffPost community.

Huffington is a weekly publication. A one-month trial of Huffington is complimentary, with subsequent downloads priced at 99 cents per issue, $1.99 per month or $19.99 for an annual subscription.

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