News Corp. announced that they have bought the “platform” portion of Hearst’s Skiff venture–but not the yet-to-be-launched black-and-white ereading device. In the announcement they focus entirely on the Skiff platform to the extent that it “specializes in delivering visually appealing layouts for newspaper and magazine content.” The Skiff platform was designed to sell and deliver ebooks as well, and their team has been building an ebookstore, though no mention of that feature has been made in the announcement and a direct query to Skiff has not yet been answered. As the WSJ puts it, “Skiff technology handles the behind-the-scenes workings […]
