Forum Übersicht - JPG Magazine schliesst zum Ende der Woche

Ich bin begeisterter Anhänger des JPG Magazine, einer Publikation die fast vollständig auf Basis einer Community entsteht und, wie ich finde, teilweise sehr gute Resultate hervor bringt. Nun ich muss wohl sagen brachte, diese E-Mail habe ich Heute Morgen bekommen, so wie wohl jeder Abonnent der Zeitschrift. Wirklich Schade:

ZITATToday is a particularly sad day for all of us at JPG and 8020 Media.

We've spent the last few months trying to make the business behind JPG sustain itself, and we've reached the end of the line. We all deeply believe in everything JPG represents, but we just weren't able to raise the money needed to keep JPG alive in these extraordinary economic times. We sought out buyers, spoke with numerous potential investors, and pitched several last-ditch creative efforts, all without success. As a result, jpgmag.com will shut down on Monday, January 5, 2009.

The one thing we've been the most proud of: your amazing talent. We feel honored and humbled to have been able to share jpgmag.com with such a dynamic, warm, and wonderful community of nearly 200,000 photographers. The photography on the website and in the magazine was adored by many, leaving no doubt that this community created work of the highest caliber. The kindness, generosity, and support shared among members made it a community in the truest sense of the word, and one that we have loved being a part of for these past two years.

We wish we could have found a way to leave the site running for the benefit of the amazing folks who have made JPG what it is, and we have spent sleepless nights trying to figure something out, all to no avail. Some things you may want to do before the site closes:

- Download the PDFs of back issues, outtakes, and photo challenge selections. We'll always have the memories! http://www.jpgmag.com/downloads/archives.html
- Make note of your favorite photographers. You may want to flip through your favorites list and jot down names and URLs of some of the people you'd like to stay in touch with. You may even want to cut and paste your contacts page into a personal record.
- Catch up with your fellow members. Our roots are in this humble flickr forum and we recommend going back to find fellow members, discuss the situation, or participate in another great photo community. http://www.flickr.com/groups/jpgmag/
- Keep in touch. This has always been much more than just a job to each of us, and we'll miss you guys! We'll be checking the account jpgletters@gmail.com in our free time going forward. We can't promise to reply to every email (since we'll be busy tuning up our resumes) but we'd love to hear from you.
- Stay posted. Although the magazine is ceasing publication, we'll be updating you on what's happening with your subscription early next week.

We're soggy-eyed messes, but it is what it is. At that, JPGers, we bid you goodbye, and good luck in 2009 and the future.

Laura Brunow Miner
Editor in Chief[/quote]

Das lässt sich auch hier noch einmal nachlesen…

Mark

…noch als Ergänzung:
NY Times

Mark

Hallo,

ich kannte das Magazin bisher noch nicht, habe mir aber gerade mal einige der älteren Ausgaben runtergeladen. Da sind wirklich allerhand interessante Sachen bei. Sehr bedauerlich, daß es zu so einem Ende kommt. 25 USD im Jahr für 6 Ausgaben erscheint mir eigentlich auch nicht zuviel dafür. Bleibt zu hoffen, daß dies nicht der einzige Versuch bleiben wird, ein solches Community-getriebenes Magazin zu etablieren. Nochmal der Hinweis auf die Download-Seite:

http://www.jpgmag.com/downloads/archives.html

Viele Grüße,

Matthias

QUOTE (matthiaspaul @ 2009-01-02, 13:22) ... ich kannte das Magazin bisher noch nicht ...[/quote]
Es wurde aber nicht vor Dir geheimgehalten, wie man unschwer hiermit belegen kann! ardon:

Möglicherweise gibt es doch noch Hoffnung für das Magazin...

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/03/dont-...lose-next-week/
http://twitter.com/DonMacAskill/status/1092280832 (Don MacAskill ist CEO von SmugMug)
http://www.photographybay.com/2009/01/03/j...st-dead-almost/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/jpgmag/discus...57612076499834/

Viele Grüße,

Matthias

Mit dem JPG Magazine scheint es nun vermutlich doch weiterzugehen:

2009-03-11 http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/03/a_special_t...to_savejpg.html
2009-03-11 http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/03/whats_happening_with_jpg.html
2009-02-27 http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/02/an_exciting...re_for_jpg.html
2009-02-27 http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/02/jpg_is_back_1.html
2009-02-25 http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/02/the_latest_at_jpg.html
2009-02-04 http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/02/a_quick_not...he_issue_t.html
2009-01-24 http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/01/keeping_jpg_going.html
2009-01-12 http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/01/a_future_for_jpg.html
2009-01-08 http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/01/were_getting_there.html
2009-01-06 http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/01/offers.html
2009-01-03 http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/01/quick_update.html
2009-01-02 http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/01/a_glimmer_of_hope.html

Viele Grüße,

Matthias

Laut einem Newsletter von heute nimmt das JPG Magazine seine Arbeit wieder auf.