Flipboard Deepens Coverage with New European Publisher Partnerships

90 Top Publications from France, Germany, U.K., Italy and Spain Join Flipboard As Readership Grows

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Jul 19, 2017, 11:00 ET

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to its growing readership in Europe, Flipboard has teamed up with top publishers in France, Germany, U.K., Italy and Spain to add 90 popular publications, such as Les Echos, Spiegel Online and NME Magazine, to its platform. The expansion gives publishers reach into Flipboard's global audience and improves the overall content quality for Flipboard's European readers.

In response to its growing readership in Europe, 90 top publications from France, Germany, U.K., Italy and Spain join Flipboard, improving the overall content quality for Flipboard’s European readers.

The new titles complement the more than 5,700 European sources that Flipboard already features. With this expansion, Flipboard also starts rolling out a monetization strategy in France, U.K. and Germany together with its partners in these markets.

"We have seen the number of readers who discover our articles on Flipboard grow steadily, and this provides impetus to cooperate even closer. Besides Flipboard giving us new audiences to reach, we look forward to develop new ways to monetize our content in mobile environments," said Matthias Streitz, editorial chief of product at Spiegel Online. "Flipboard has demonstrated a commitment to working with publishers which makes it a good partner for us."

As Flipboard's audience grows, publishers have been seeing significant traffic from the curation platform, which has led to an increase in requests to collaborate. To meet the demand, Flipboard has made it easier for publishers to onboard onto its curation platform. Once publishers supply their RSS feeds, Flipboard optimizes content for mobile reading and discovery, and directs traffic to the publisher website. Each publisher partner has a verified Flipboard profile and the ability to add content to that profile. Like with many platforms, the readers on Flipboard can then share those stories with other readers, giving publishers even more reach and audience development opportunities.

Flipboard's community of readers, as well as professional Flipboard editors in each country, help surface the best content from publisher partners and other content creators. In addition to curation around categories like news, business, sports, and politics in each country's Content Guide, Flipboard's editors also collect the best stories around current events such the French Presidential elections, the terror attacks in the UK and the upcoming German parliamentary elections.

Additionally, Flipboard offers 11 regional editions of The Daily Edition, a signature product curated by local editors featuring stories from the world's premier publishers. Monday through Friday, the packages are updated with the latest news —with a little bit of fun thrown in the mix.

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Flipboard gives people a single place to stay informed and get inspired to pursue their passions. With more than 100 million readers every month, Flipboard is used by people around the world to read leading publications, blogs, and industry news as well as to collect stories, images, and videos into their own Flipboard Magazines to share ideas with others or simply express their perspective. Download Flipboard for free in any app store or visit www.flipboard.com.

Sample of Newly Added Publications:

UK: British Vogue, Hello!, NME Magazine, Trusted Reviews

Germany: Computer Bild, Fit for Fun, Sport1, Süddeutsche Zeitung

France: Les Echos, La Tribune

Spain: Grazia, Retina, El Diario

Italy: Rolling Stone, Wired, Grazia

SOURCE Flipboard