The PressDisplay Blog

NewspaperDirect is the world leader in multi-channel newspaper and magazine content distribution and monetization. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, NewspaperDirect has offices in New York, London, Vienna and Düsseldorf.  Its proprietary technology is the foundation behind its highly acclaimed global distribution services: PressDisplay.com, ND Press and Print-On-Demand, and its privately branded ePaper solution – SmartEdition. 

NewspaperDirect has agreements with over 750 newspaper and magazine publishers from 80 countries around the globe to market, sell and/or print their publications worldwide. Their list of publishers is growing monthly, as publishers take advantage of the extensive NewspaperDirect network to increase audited circulation, access new revenue streams and better serve their out-of-market readers. Content is simultaneously deployed to NewspaperDirect’s Print-on-Demand and ND Press global networks for hardcopy delivery and online at PressDisplay.com for onscreen viewing and listening.

PressDisplay.com from NewspaperDirect is the world’s largest online newspaper kiosk, providing instant access to hundreds of newspapers and magazines from around the world. Users can read full-content publications online, download titles for offline viewing, instantly translate articles into 12 different languages, listen to publications on their computers or mobile phones, and enjoy reading hundreds of publications that have been optimized for smart mobile phones, BlackBerry devices, iPhone, and iPod Touch. NewspaperDirect has also adapted PressDisplay.com for the library, corporate, airline, hotel and OEM markets.

NewspaperDirect’s SmartEdition e-paper solution, powered by PressDisplay technology, fits every publisher’s needs with zero investment and zero operational cost. With SmartEdition, a publisher’s subscribers benefit from anywhere/anytime access to current and back issues of their publications, while enjoying premium digital features such as voice, translation, article sharing through email or their blogs, social network integration, picture galleries, advanced search, media monitoring and commenting. NewspaperDirect provides full hosting, payment acceptance, customer service management and full technical support.

NewspaperDirect operates premium sites for local, national and international newspapers and magazines around the world, including: The Washington Post, New York Post, Boston Herald, The Jerusalem Post, The Australian, The Dominion Post, The Daily Telegraph, The Times (London), Daily Mail, Le Figaro, The Hollywood Reporter, Sun Sentinel (South Florida), Irish Times and all 21 Kent Messenger publications.

NewspaperDirect also offers hundreds of newspaper and magazine titles through a Print-on-Demand global network of more than 1,200 print locations in 105 countries, delivering them to hotels, libraries, cruise ships, yachts, corporate and government offices, retail outlets and home subscribers.

The NewspaperDirect global Print-On-Demand network has grown to 108 license partners at over 1200 print locations in 105 countries. This network includes distributors, luxury hotels, cruise ships, yachts, airlines, retailers, libraries and research facilities. In addition, NewspaperDirect prints and distributes newspapers at major business, political and sporting events such as the Olympics and the G8 Summits. 

A Microsoft Premium Partner, NewspaperDirect also develops content applications for Tablet PCs, Ultra-Mobile PCs and Windows Mobile devices.