Comments on: Don’t Count JPG Magazine Out Just Yet, Sale May Close Next Week

By: JPG Magazine Folds, And With It A Radical Idea In Publishing | Reviews

JPG Magazine Folds, And With It A Radical Idea In Publishing | Reviews — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:36:13 +0000

[...] Update: Don’t count 8020 Media out just yet… [...]

By: Jaffrey Bagge

Jaffrey Bagge — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:15:30 +0000

Does anyone know if subscriptions will still be honored when the magazine gets back and running? i believe i am supposed to get 3 more copies.

By: JPG Magazine Has Been Acquired, Lives Anew « I Am Rajendra - Watch The World With Me…..

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:16:53 +0000

[...] its parent company 8020 Media ran out of money. Within a few days it became clear that JPG might still have life, as a number of potential buyers including Smugmug entered talks, but until now the future of the [...]

By: JPG誌が買収されて生き返る | KGRAND ONLINE NEWS

JPG誌が買収されて生き返る | KGRAND ONLINE NEWS — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:03:54 +0000

[...] JPG誌は2006年に創刊され、写真はユーザ投稿、編集の一部もユーザコミュニティが行うという新しいアイデアで制作費用を低く抑えた。もうすぐ採算に乗りそうなところで、しかし同誌は1月の2日に、親会社の8020 Mediaの資金枯渇により閉鎖を発表した。それから数日後に、JPG誌はまだ息をしていることが明らかになり、FlickrやSmugmugなどが買収者候補として報じられたが、しかし今日まで同誌の将来は不確定だった。 CrunchBase Information JPG Magazine Information provided by CrunchBase [...]

By: JPG誌が買収されて生き返る

JPG誌が買収されて生き返る — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:25:51 +0000

By: JPG Magazine Has Been Acquired, Lives Anew

JPG Magazine Has Been Acquired, Lives Anew — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:44:06 +0000

[...] its parent company 8020 Media ran out of money. Within a few days it became clear that JPG might still have life, as a number of potential buyers including Flickr and Smugmug entered talks, but until now the [...]

By: Is JPG Magazine Folding? | KWWphoto

Is JPG Magazine Folding? | KWWphoto — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:37:22 +0000

[...] UPDATE: JPG Magazine may not be completely dead yet. Several smaller investors are attempting a last-minute rescue here. [...]

By: JPG magazine: Great idea, bad business?

JPG magazine: Great idea, bad business? — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:37:42 +0000

[...] a more hopeful note, there are signs that JPG could potentially be resurrected. As Mike Arrington notes at TechCrunch, there has been an expression of interest from SmugMug CEO Don McAskill, and a post at the JPG blog [...]

By: Flickr、Smugmugなどが名乗りをあげるJPG Magazineの買収劇

Flickr、Smugmugなどが名乗りをあげるJPG Magazineの買収劇 — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:27:53 +0000

[...] 廃刊が伝えられて1週間にもならないが、JPG magazineの買い手がついたようで、間もなく商談がまとまるようだ。 [...]

By: No more JPG Magazine? | Mediawared

No more JPG Magazine? | Mediawared — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:15:51 +0000

[...] Don’t Count JPG Magazine Out Just Yet, Sale May Close Next Week [...]

By: Flickr, Smugmug And Others Looking To Buy JPG Magazine

Flickr, Smugmug And Others Looking To Buy JPG Magazine — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:34:50 +0000

[...] magazine, which was declared dead less than a week ago, is most definitely for sale and it looks like a transaction will close [...]

By: Paid Content : User-Gen Mag Publisher 8020 Media Closes

Paid Content : User-Gen Mag Publisher 8020 Media Closes — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:19:05 +0000

[...] word of the company’s demise has generated some interest from prospective buyers for JPG, Techcrunch reported, identifying photo-sharing site SmugMug as one potential [...]

By: billy houckham

billy houckham — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:33:48 +0000

It’s not just about photography i have made a lot of friends in the U S and around the world through jpg.

By: Todd Patterson

Todd Patterson — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:46:04 +0000

looks like techcrunch saved jpgmag with a ton of exposure

By: antje wilsch

antje wilsch — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:08:58 +0000

hope they make it! I LOVE this magazine

By: Alexander Muse

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:23:19 +0000

I agree, the whole “build a standard news-stand quality magazine” idea was a mistake. Here is our plan for JPG (assuming they accept our offer):

http://www.texa...r-jpg-magazine/

By: Our plan for JPG Magazine : Texas Startup Blog

Our plan for JPG Magazine : Texas Startup Blog — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:09:06 +0000

[...] If you are interested in helping please email me at amuse@m-ven.com. If you want to encourage JPG’s shareholders to accept our offer email Ron Palmeri at ron@minorventures.com. At the end of the day, it would seem that regardless of whether or not we are successful, JPG will survive (hopefully they don’t sell it to SmugMug as Mike Arrington suggested). [...]

By: fb501120223

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:34:17 +0000

Just thought of maybe a different tiers of the magazine. Maybe a higher quality/higher cost version like the current one and a lower quality/lower cost one with lighter stock and maybe on demand/choose which one you want and when.

By: Ryan Mettee

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:36:52 +0000

What is needed is a hybrid model…. online website (more robust and with user generated blogs, contributor pieces to support pictures) + print mag

By: KWWphoto

KWWphoto — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:09:38 +0000

The most difficult part to let go in event of complete shutdown is one of the hardest things to develop–an avid community, even with lots of paying subscribers.

Is it too far fetched to make the print part of JPG Magazine just optionally print-on-demand? Focus investment money on developing the areas of the business with the most energy and potential: the community and the quality work to come out of it.

By: fb501120223

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:40:50 +0000

I have been a subscriber for the last 2 years or so. I just renewed my subscription a few days before the announcement.

Typically, I have no issue seeing magazines go the way of the dodo in most cases. I subscribe to Maximum PC and JPG. That is it. I only subscribe to MPC because the subscription service messed up my accounting and they gave me a few years free.

I happily pay for JPG and would be willing to pay more. When I get my JPG in the mail, it feels like a quality piece of literature. The magazine is beautifully put together. I have the most recent copy sitting on my coffee table and my friends love to peruse through it. That simply can’t be done with an online only publication nor satisfactorily with a PDF. I would hate to see this magazine go away. I think it should be one of those niche magazines that needs to stay around in print form, even if it costs me a couple more dollars.

If there is toxic management, it needs to go. The new investors simply need to get them out. If the publication lasts, it needs to last with good, honest people.

With digital cameras on the rise, prices on the way down, and internet connectivity on the rise with cameras (WiFi, cell phone uploads, etc), I can only see this segment continuing to grow.

Long live JPG.

By: Dom

Dom — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:21:01 +0000

This is one of them companies where you really hope it works out. Great source of inspiration

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:01:29 +0000

JPG is an excellent mag with a quality look and feel. I’m glad they’re sticking around.

By: liion

liion — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:45:28 +0000

Gotta ditch that print publication idea.

By: Troy Peterson

Troy Peterson — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:08:33 +0000

I believe the day of this being a “magazine” are over. But JPG as a community and art movement will live on.

What I would propose as a future business model, would be to do away with the magazine all together and move it to a high quality Art Book and targetable community web site instead.

This wouldn’t be a one time book either. Have it be a yearly “volume” based book. With the best of the best each year.

Focus the web site on the artist and the community (Which is more a more targetable market for the advertiser) and focus the book on the art. (which people are willing to pay for).