Comments on: Flickr, Smugmug And Others Bidding To Buy JPG Magazine

By: JPG Magazine Has Been Acquired, Lives Anew

JPG Magazine Has Been Acquired, Lives Anew — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:56:10 +0000

[...] 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 magazine was in limbo. [...]

By: JPG Magazine Has Been Acquired, Lives Anew | Blog YODspica Ltd

JPG Magazine Has Been Acquired, Lives Anew | Blog YODspica Ltd — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:12:02 +0000

[...] 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 future of the magazine was in [...]

By: Hidup Baru Untuk JPG Magazine | Daily Social

Hidup Baru Untuk JPG Magazine | Daily Social — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:40:25 +0000

[...] terus disuntikkan dana oleh sekelompok investor sambil menunggu selesainya draft calon rekanan. Flickr dan Smugmug adalah contoh dari dua perusahaan yang berniat untuk mengakuisisi JPG [...]

By: Still No Deal To Save JPG Magazine

Still No Deal To Save JPG Magazine — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:36:35 +0000

[...] all, and hope to have a final update in the next week or so on who the acquirer will be." A rumor surfaced that all sorts of tech companies were bidding for the magazine, including [...]

By: No Money in Printed Flickr? « The Scholarly Kitchen

No Money in Printed Flickr? « The Scholarly Kitchen — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:36:21 +0000

[...] It’s ironic in this context then that Flickr is considering buying JPG. Maybe they think there is money in print? Or maybe these are just rumors, meant to create some sort of bidding war to benefit 8020? No matter what, the value of the print Flickr (JPG) won’t ever approach a fraction of the online Flickr’s value. [...]

By: SmugMug among bidders trying to buy JPG Magazine « My SmugBlog

SmugMug among bidders trying to buy JPG Magazine « My SmugBlog — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:27:01 +0000

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By: striatic

striatic — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:28:06 +0000

Heather Champ just shot down the rumour that Flickr is interested in buying JPG magazine:

“I don’t know who Mr. Arrington has been talking to, but we (Flickr) are not and never have been interested in bidding on JPG. One shouldn’t believe everything one reads on teh internets.”

http://flickr.c...57612209756229/

By: nunya bidness

nunya bidness — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:34:54 +0000

mr. jack – jason has not worked at jpg for a while.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:05:11 +0000

Whoever does buy JPG I pray that they keep it as is.It is a wonderful site with wonderful people.Please do not send us to flickr or any other website.My fingers are crossed that it will stay the way it is now.You will have many sobbing JPGers.We do not want to go anywhere else

By: Kristupa Saragih

Kristupa Saragih — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:15:16 +0000

If JPG Mag is for sale, the price is supposed to be not higher than price of Fotografer.net, an Indonesian-based photography community with over 210,000 registered member and over 700,000 photographs on the gallery

Based on Alexa, today jpgmag.com’s page rank is 17,572, while fotografer.net’s page rank is 10,335

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:27:32 +0000

This man speaks the truth.

By: shjasonli

shjasonli — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:51:18 +0000

ends up in flickr then what tho?

Create or join a crunchie’s chat group at http://groups.im/

By: Redo: JPG Magazine Actually For Sale

Redo: JPG Magazine Actually For Sale — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:44:36 +0000

[...] the rumor mill, TechCrunch reports that photo-sharing sites Flickr (owned by Yahoo!) and SmugMug are among the possible [...]

By: JPG Magazine, Say It Ain't So! | thesoop.com | influenced by you

JPG Magazine, Say It Ain't So! | thesoop.com | influenced by you — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:22:06 +0000

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By: JPG Magazine possibly on sale | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:02:04 +0000

[...] being reported dead and then coming back to life, the JPG Magazine is now on the verge of sale. The potential buyers include Flickr, Smugmug and Alexander Muser among the two dozen or so in [...]

By: JPG magazine 4 Sale! « Digital [Capture]

JPG magazine 4 Sale! « Digital [Capture] — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:48:26 +0000

[...] JPG magazine 4 Sale! By digitalcapture Looks like flickr and some other companies are interested in purchasing the flat lined JPG Magazine, which I was a big fan of when it first came out. Then it got bought out another company and from then on I saw the number of advertisements grow and the overall JPG magazine community in a different light. So I’m really looking forward to flickr winning the bid on this and hopefully seeing them bring a fresh new start to JPG. The overall concept and general contribution to the magazine are amazing, definitely worth checking out the mag! [via techcrunch] [...]

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 22:28:17 +0000

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By: Mik

Mik — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:13:57 +0000

First shutting down and now waiting for the highest bidder. I can pretty much guarantee that flickr, smugmug or whomever else plans to buy this has no interest in maintaining jpgmag – rather there are about 200,000+ photographers and emails that they can approach to sell their own services too, so its the ultimate in cheap advertising.

If these guys couldn’t make it profitable, there is no reason to think flickr or smugmug could make it profitable either.

By: Stacey Childs

Stacey Childs — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:13:18 +0000

I hope flickr don’t get jpg, jpg is a community and flickr is a sterile waiting room.

By: Ryan Gillespie

Ryan Gillespie — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:07:45 +0000

If any of the interested parties doesn’t get a piece of JPG, contact 52 Clix.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:56:03 +0000

Automattic/WordPress.com has never talked to JPG about anything like this.

By: ziaahmad

ziaahmad — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:53:13 +0000

I’ll start the BIDDING at $14 DOLLARS and take Heather Champ on a date!

…

I plan to turn JPG into what we all assumed it was when we first heard the name…. a hard core pornographic magazine..

….

is this not where im supposed to post that?

By: Jack McGuire

Jack McGuire — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:11:56 +0000

On the day they announced the magazine was closing down, their CTO, Jason DeFillippo twittered:

“I loathe Halsey Minor. Billionaire douchebag. He killed 8020 along with Ron Palmeri. Brot hers in douche. ”

http://twitter....atus/1091248785

perhaps he shot his mouth off a bit too soon. Lesson to learn: dont bash your investors in public until you are 100% certain that you are out of a job (actually, bashing your investors for refusing to continue funding your company probably isn’t a good thing to do regardless).

Btw, this is the same guy who built the “ihate.vc” website. He seems to go out of his way to do everything possible to make it difficult for a company to hire him.

By: Troy Peterson

Troy Peterson — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:58:43 +0000

Go Flickr!

By: JPG Magazine buyer shootout | Nuttin Logs

JPG Magazine buyer shootout | Nuttin Logs — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:49:49 +0000

[...] So word is out that some of the potential buyers for JPG Magazine include Flickr, Smugmug and about a dozen or so others. Personally, I hope that the deal goes with Flickr. Makes the most sense from both a photo content producer and consumer point of view. But then Flickr is part of the not-so-well-run Yahoo fiasco so that future is also up in limbo. VN:F [1.0.8_357]Rate this post: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “JPG Magazine buyer shootout”, url: “http://nuttinlogs.com/2009/01/05/jpg-magazine-buyer-shootout/” }); flickr, jpg mag [...]