EDICOLA ITALIANA OPENS: THE DIGITAL NEWS-STAND TO BUY ANDREAD DAILIES AND MAGAZINESON TABLETS, PCs AND SMARTPHONES
Over 60 dailies and magazines available atwww.edicolaitaliana.it
A new reading experience of the main and most loved titles; family favourites are easily managed through a single account with customizable profiles
Users can read a digital copy of their daily for free thanks to the 7 DAY TRIAL offer and gain unlimited access to the monthlies and weeklies through the ALL YOU CAN READ subscriptions
With EDICOLA ITALIANA’s exclusive full text search, users can search for topics or names across all the articles featured on the platform
EDICOLA ITALIANA is the result of the collaboration among Consorzio Edicola Italiana – established by Caltagirone Editore, Gruppo 24 ORE, La Stampa - ITEDI, Gruppo Editoriale L’Espresso, Gruppo Mondadori and RCS MediaGroup – and Premium Store, innovative startup of the Digital Magics incubator
Milan, 20 January 2015 – Today marks the opening of EDICOLA ITALIANA, the platform to buy, read and subscribe to dailies and magazines on tablets, PCs and smartphones. Top publishers, gathered under Consorzio Edicola Italiana, and the innovative startup Premium Store,have come together for this initiative.
On sale at www.edicolaitaliana.it over 60 digital dailies (national and local) and magazines, including Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, Il Sole 24 Ore, La Gazzetta dello Sport, La Stampa, Il Messaggero, Il Gazzettino, Il Mattino, Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni, Il Venerdì di Repubblica, Io Donna, D La Repubblica delle Donne, Oggi, Chi, Cucina Moderna, Sport Week, CasaFacile, Donna Moderna, Panorama, Grazia, How To Spend It, IL, to name but a few.
Only on EDICOLA ITALIANA, users can browse through the archives of the most authoritative and prominent Italian print media, thanks to a search engine and using just one password: by entering their data once at the first login, they can experience a new way of reading, which makes the contents of a range of titles available without having to connect to each single website. After registering, each purchase will no longer request user data, but only their password. EDICOLA ITALIANA’s online payment method is safe and simple, thanks to the integration with the Gestpay system of Gruppo Banca Sella, which complies with the highest safety standards set by international circuits.
Users can soon be able to access the apps of each title with the same credentials ofwww.edicolaitaliana.it.
Another exclusive feature of EDICOLA ITALIANA is the full text search of one or more keywords: users can search for a topic or a name to find the matching words across all articles appearing in the dailies and magazines in the digital newsstand.
Thanks to the multi-profile account ofEDICOLA ITALIANA, customizable sub-profiles can be created, to manage and read individually and simultaneously the products chosen by the different members of the household and be up to date on new releases of favourite dailies and magazines. Back issues can also be purchased.
An exclusive initiative of EDICOLA ITALIANA is the 7 DAY TRIAL: users can browse online through the digital copy of their daily free for a week and decide whether to continue the subscription once the offer expires. On offer, during the first months and for the first time in Italy, in the catalogue ofwww.edicolaitaliana.it, users can purchase and read on their computer, smartphone and tablet all the monthlies at only € 9.99/month, and all the weeklies + monthlies at only € 14.99/month, purchasingALL YOU CAN READ subscriptions.
EDICOLA ITALIANA was set up on the initiative of Consorzio Edicola Italiana, formed of Caltagirone Editore, Gruppo 24 ORE, Gruppo Editoriale L’Espresso, La Stampa – ITEDI, Gruppo Mondadori and RCS MediaGroup. Itmarksthe quantum leap towards technological innovation in the consumption of information. For the development and business management of EDICOLA ITALIANA, the Consortium has exclusively chosen the innovative startup Premium Store, controlled by the incubator Digital Magics (last May it funded the initiative with € 1 million) and major entrepreneurs and Italian investors.