ASIA-PACIFIC – Indonesia’s largest daily newspaper Kompas is now Asia’s first daily newspaper on the iPad. The Kompas app has been available in the App store since July 2, 2010. It uses WoodWing Software´s Digital Magazine Tools to create and publish its digital issues for the iPad.
The Kompas iPad App is produced by six employees working parallel with print production. The team aims to output the App at 2 a.m. local time every day, enabling users around the world to read the latest Kompas iPad issue in a timely manner.
"At Kompas, we always aim to offer our audience the most compelling reader experience and to provide them with the latest news wherever they are and whatever device they use. It was a logical step for us to support the iPad", said Rikard Bagun, Editor in Chief at Kompas.
Kompas, founded in 1965 reaches more than 2 million readers per day. Its Web site www.kompas.com has a total readership of 15 million unique visitors per month and is one of the largest news portals in Indonesia. Kompas consistently introduces innovations such as QR-Code in daily editorial content, Augmented Reality for editorial and advertising, Web digital replica in Kompas ePaper, and now the iPad App.
Remco Koster, Managing Director of WoodWing Asia Pacific, said, "Kompas wanted their daily digest on the iPad to have a magazine look and feel. With our tools, newspaper publishers can do both – create a digest in a magazine style or keep the appearance of their printed newspaper."
WoodWing Software, a leading supplier of innovative cross-media publishing solutions, is located in Zaandam, The Netherlands. It has regional sales companies for Europe, the USA, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America.
