Jan12
A week ago I wrote about how JPG Magazine was on the verge of folding–I think due in part to their mandatory print subscription which comes with membership.
At 4:30 this morning, I received an email from their publisher, 8020 Media, stating that they are in fact going to survive thanks to a huge amount of community outpouring. Of course news coverage like those here and here don’t hurt either. They are settling on a buyer next week. Exciting news!
Jan4
[photo by minno]
JPG Magazine may be shutting down immediately. Founded on an extraordinarily active community, the magazine uses crowdsourcing to gather content for its semi-monthly published paper issues. Sure, traditional publishing may be slowly grinding to a halt, but the hybrid publishing model is so innovative!
Perhaps they should created muli-tiered memberhips and leave the revenue-sucking physical magazine strictly optional.
You can download back issues in PDF form before the site goes down on Monday 1/5.
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