• by Erik Sass  @eriksass1, November 10, 2011

Source Interlink Media is expanding the reach of its digital publishing portfolio with a new Google TV app from Motor Trend that will provide automotive content for Google’s new Web-based TV service.

This video-on-demand platform, developed with SIM’s in-house emerging media agency Mediaworks, in collaboration with Google, focuses on automotive news, new car reviews, and road tests. It also includes automotive lifestyle stories drawing on the editorial resources of the Motor Trend brand, ranging from HDvideo to photo galleries and other multimedia content. 

The new app allows users to cater programming to their own tastes and share favorite items on Facebook and Twitter. Plus, it offers new opportunities for Motor Trend advertisers to reach automotive enthusiasts.

Motor Trend editor-in-chief Angus MacKenzie stated: “SIM is evolving from a traditional magazine publishing company to one which creates content that connects with audiences across a variety of platforms. Google TV is important because it allows us another platform for Motor Trend to reach enthusiasts on their terms, not ours.” 

SIM’s Mediaworks division is also working on developing content-rich apps for Hot Rod, Truck Trend Magazine, JP, SAIL and Surfer, as well as mobile utility apps  both its brands and SIM advertising clients.

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New York Raises Its Price

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MSLO Appoints Lagani Chief Revenue Officer

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Meredith Names Lyle General Manager for Directive

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