New York, New York – The South Africa based EXTRORDINAIR Group from Durban makes its debut on the world’s largest and fastest growing global digital cross-platform newsstand and magazine & book store, Magzter with seven of its luxury publications.

Following a string of significant signups with publishers in South Africa, Magzter now brings to its digital newsstand Durban’s acclaimed EXTRORDINAIR Group that publishes seven ‘luxury’ magazines namely; Cashmere, Indian Affluence, Premium Five Two, Durban Active, Affluence Active, Clifton Active and Sandton Active.

Targeted at consumers with a taste for the opulent and luxurious, the group has interests in digital magazines, luxury clothing, lifestyle and digital television. Founded by the Naidoo family, the EXTRORDINAIR Group is run by brothers Hansen and Allister Naidoo.

Here’s what you can read on Magzter:
CASHMERE is an international magazine, created for affluent Indian women. The magazine’s core focus is on luxury living and it is priced at USD $69.99 (ZAR 825.48) for an annual subscription.

INDIAN AFFLUENCE is an ultra-exclusive international luxury magazine, crafted for the affluent Indian gentleman featuring unmatched layout design. It is priced at USD $69.99 (ZAR 825.48) for an annual subscription.

PREMIUM FIVE TWO is crafted with breath taking design and each issue of Premium Five Two is a collector’s piece! This weekly exclusive motoring publication featuring the latest cars with amazing photography is priced at USD $9.99 (ZAR 117.82) for an annual subscription.

DURBAN ACTIVE is an ultra-exclusive luxury fitness lifestyle magazine with its core content focusing on luxury fitness, nutrition, health, luxury motoring, fashion and news. It is priced at USD $34.99 (ZAR 412.68) for an annual subscription.

AFFLUENCE ACTIVE is intimately crafted for the international affluent community. It takes a luxury aficionado to appreciate the finer details of Affluence Active, such as its breath-taking cover design and layouts, in addition to the content. The magazine is priced at USD $49.99 (ZAR 589.59) for an annual subscription.

CLIFTON ACTIVE is a magazine focused on luxury fitness lifestyle and is priced at USD $49.99 (ZAR 589.59) for an annual subscription.

SANDTON ACTIVE is also a luxury fitness lifestyle magazine priced at USD $44.99 (ZAR 530.62)for an annual subscription. Read Fitness & Ferrari this month.

“The EXTRORDINAIR group has ambitious growth plans for our prestigious group of media brands. We have exclusively partnered with Magzter because of their outstanding support team, their outstanding digital newsstand technology and their international influence with over 25 million users and counting. Our exclusive partnership validates our quest to grow EXTRORDINAIR into an international media powerhouse.” -Hansen Naidoo, CEO & GROUP CREATIVE DIRECTOR, EXTRORDINAIR GROUP (Pty) Ltd

“We are very pleased to be the chosen digital channel for the EXTRORDINAIR Group’s expansion plans internationally. Young publishers like these are paving the way for rapid awareness on out-of-box content and opting to go digital as the reach to consumers is instant and mobile. It is great to have these seven new luxury magazines from Durban; we love giving our readers exciting content and this time we have the EXTRORDINAIR Group to thank for it. ” – Girish Ramdas, CEO, Magzter Inc.

“South Africa has been one of our prime publishing destinations in the last year and we are happy to have the EXTRORDINAIR Group from Durban join the list. Magazines from South Africa have a wonderful spirit about them; be it nature, lifestyle, tourism, fashion, business, sports and even wildlife. Readers on Magzter will without a doubt enjoy the seven luxurious titles from Extrordinair; replete with some of Durban’s finest. ” – Vijay Radhakrishnan, President, Magzter Inc.

Magzter counts among its publisher customers some marquee names including Hearst (USA), American Media (USA), Bloomberg (USA), Dennis Publishing (UK), Time Inc. UK, Media24 (South Africa), Edipresse Asia (Hong Kong), India Today Group (India), WorldWide Media (India), Maxim Inc. (USA), Black Enterprise (USA), Singapore Press Holdings (Singapore), RBA (Spain) and Grupo Expansion (Mexico). Magzter has been rapidly increasing its publisher base with magazines from over 50 countries including the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and more; making it truly the #1 choice for magazine readers and publishers globally.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
* Optimized for iPhone 5, iPhone 6/6 Plus
* Requires iOS 7.0 or later
* 16.6 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Magzter – Magazine & Book Store 4.0.1 is free and available worldwide through the App Store in the News category. Magzter also launched a path-breaking “All You Can Read” subscription service called Magzter GOLD, which gives digital readers unlimited access to 2,000+ magazines for a low monthly price. The app is also available on Google Play, and Windows 8, the web, Amazon App Store, Kindle Fire, and NOOK and is expanding to more platforms soon. Magzter’s easy purchase and renewal systems ensure subscriptions are paid on time, eliminating the need for paper checks and postal mail issues. Users can buy their magazines on any of the above devices/platforms and seamlessly port their purchases to any other devices, a feature unique to Magzter.

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Magzter Inc. is the world’s largest and fastest growing self-service, cross-platform digital magazine store and newsstand with over 24 million digital consumers, more than 5,000 magazines, thousands of books from over 2,000 publishers. Headquartered in New York, Magzter has its local offices in London, Paris, Barcelona, Munich, Amsterdam, Cape Town, Chennai and Singapore and will soon be expanding to other countries. Founded by global entrepreneurs, Girish Ramdas and Vijayakumar Radhakrishnan in June 2011, Magzter enables magazine publishers around the world to create and deliver digital editions of their titles to global consumers. Powered by its proprietary OREY Click Publishing System(R), Magzter also enables their customers to publish interactive/audio-visual content in the magazine as it supports HTML 5. Magzter launched Magzter GOLD subscription service to give digital readers unlimited access to 1000s of magazines for a low monthly price.All Material and Software (C) Copyright 2015 Magzter Inc. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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