Magazine Jukebox provides app‑free digital magazines, games, and trivia to customers in commercial locations via a geo‑fenced QR code that requires no download or login. The service is paid for by businesses and is available in more than 5,000 business locations across the United States, Canada, Australia, and the Philippines. The company launched its services in January 2022 and was founded in August 2020 by Scott T. Janney (CEO) and Lauren K. Janney (Chief People Officer). Magazine Jukebox currently has six full‑time employees focused on sustainable growth. The platform emphasizes eco‑friendly, germ‑free entertainment intended to decrease perceived wait times and improve customer and patient experience. Management plans to expand into new markets and add new entertainment services to increase revenue and brand awareness. Magazine Jukebox, Inc. is a Norfolk, Va.–based provider of a digital magazine rack that delivers touchless, mobile access to publications via QR codes without requiring an app or forms. The platform initially offers 26 publications with 25 additional titles planned, and sessions remain accessible for up to 36 hours so users can finish reads at home. It displays a menu of magazines on users' devices, enables direct subscriptions after a session, and supplies publishers with readership, engagement data, and reader demographics. The company positions its product as a sustainable, ecological alternative to physical waiting-room magazines and an improved customer experience for businesses. Magazine Jukebox reports roughly 200 locations launching and several franchises finalizing in the current quarter and will use new investment to continue a nationwide rollout. CEO Scott Janney emphasizes the shift to QR and mobile solutions accelerated by the pandemic as driving demand for the product.

Total raised

$3M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

May 2024