ITunes (newsstand) app cover image

Hi there,
For a DPS newsstand app where does the app image displayed on the itunes website come from? Ours is stuck at our first issue's cover image, although we've subsequently published a second issue (folio). Here's Wired's listing, I'm talking about the image of Ed Snowden:
Thanks,
Toby

Hi Bob,
Thanks for your reply - it's not newsstand I mean though (although it's a newsstand app), it's the iTunes online listing. In newsstand we do see the cover of the most recent issue, but our app page in iTunes shows an older cover. The same old image is also used in the app store when searching for apps on the iPad - it's used as the small thumbnail to the right of the app name, author details and star rating.
Let me know if you don't know what I mean!
Thanks,
Toby

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