Magzter Wants to Be the YouTube of Magazines

Apple's Newsstand is a great vehicle for tablet-based magazines, but it ignores foreign titles and is of no use the growing base of Android-based tablets.

That's the thinking behind Magzter, a 2 year-old company that has amassed 7 million readers across the globe. The company, which aims to be the "YouTube of magazines," recently snagged Maxim in the U.S. and plans to start offering Fast Company and Inc next month. Eventually, Magzter hopes to offer e-books as well and compete head-on with Amazon.

At the moment, Magzter, which was created by two men of Indian descent -- CEO Girish Ramdas and President Vijayakumar Radhakrishnan (shown above, in reverse order) -- has found a niche in of…
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