Is JPG Magazine Folding?
[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.
Missing Issues 1-9? Why do the issues start at issue 10? Read “the real story of JPG Magazine” here. This is the original posting explaining how the founders were forced out, and the subsequent discussion.
*It looks like JPG Magazine co-founder Derek Powazek has started his next venture: MagCloud, a print-on-demand magazine publishing service.*
UPDATE: JPG Magazine may not be completely dead yet. Several smaller investors are attempting a last-minute rescue here.
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