{{Short description|American Digital Media Company}} '''Bondi Digital Publishing''' is a privately held New York City-based digital media company that specializes in publishing complete digital archives of major consumer magazines.
Founded by David Anthony and Murat Aktar in 2004, Bondi Digital Publishing began by developing the technology that allowed ''The New Yorker'' to publish ''The Complete New Yorker'' in September 2005, a digital archive of its entire print archive on 8 DVD-ROMs.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/02/arts/02yorker.html?ex=1190088000&en=54e279feca6fb799&ei=5070 80 Years of The New Yorker to Be Offered in Disc Form]</ref> In 2006, ''The New Yorker'' used Bondi's technology again when they released their digital archive on a portable hard drive.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-6109632-7.html The New Yorker magazine: Coming to a portable hard drive near you]</ref>
In 2007, Bondi launched its publishing division when it partnered with ''Rolling Stone'' and ''Playboy'' magazines to publish both companies' entire print archives in searchable digital archives on DVD-ROM. First published in the fall of 2007, ''Rolling Stone Cover To Cover, the First 40 Years'' ({{ISBN|978-0-9795261-0-7}}) and ''Playboy Cover to Cover, the 50s'' ({{ISBN|978-0-9795261-1-4}}) were part of the company's ''Cover to Cover Series'' of digital archive box sets.<ref>{{cite web |title=Old Issues of Playboy and Rolling Stone Will Be Available on DVDs (Published 2007) |website=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/06/business/media/06playboy.html?amp;amp;amp;ei=5124&en=df09a9c03059278a&ex=1344139200&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink&pagewanted=all}}</ref> The company marketed the series through national book and media retailers.
In a September 2007 interview, Anthony stated "By the holiday 2008 season, we hope to have six - eight Cover To Cover titles in the line.".<ref>[https://personanondata.blogspot.com/2007/09/five-questions-with-bondi-digital-and.html Five Questions with Bondi Digital and the Playboy Archive]</ref> However, as of March, 2009, the only public release other than the aforementioned ''Rolling Stone'' and ''Playboy'' sets was a rerelease of the ''Rolling Stone'' set without the extras included in the original. A ''Playboy Cover to Cover, the 60s'' set was mentioned in the interview, but it, along with subsequent sets, is now being released exclusively through the website http://playboyarchive.com/
In March 2009, Bondi announced that using its technology, select digital back issues of ''Playboy'' would be available for free viewing at http://playboyarchive.com. It also announced that https://web.archive.org/web/20111006215634/http://covertocover.com/ would be changing in the Summer of 2009 to allow users to browse, search and purchase digital back issues from the entire print runs of ''Playboy'' and ''Rolling Stone'' using Bondi's online magazine application,<ref>[http://bondidigital.com/pr_2009_pb_rs.html ENTIRE PRINT HISTORY OF PLAYBOY AND ROLLING STONE MAGAZINES TO BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEB] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324130233/http://bondidigital.com/pr_2009_pb_rs.html |date=March 24, 2009 }}</ref> but as of May 2011, this has not occurred. Instead, in April 2010, ''Rolling Stone'''s website began offering subscribers access to their digital archive.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rolling-stones-archive-going-online-for-a-fee/ Rolling Stone's Archive Going Online - For a Fee] </ref> In November 2010, Bondi released a portable hard drive for ''Playboy'', this time containing every issue from 1953 to 2010.<ref>[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/11/playboy-magazine-releases-every-issue-from-1953-to-2010-on-a-hard-drive.html Playboy Magazine releases every issue from 1953 to 2010 on a hard drive]</ref> In January 2011, it was announced that a ''Playboy'' iPad app would be available in March.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110121201313/http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/01/19/playboy-ipad-app-apple-porn/ Playboy's Pics Are Coming to iPad, Despite Apple's Anti-Porn Rules]</ref>
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== External links == * [http://www.bondidigital.com Bondi Digital Publishing's website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20180721045909/http://www.covertocover.com/ Bondi's consumer site] * [http://www.playboyarchive.com Bondi's site for digital back issues of Playboy]
Category:Mass media companies of the United States Category:Companies based in New York City