JPG Magazine closes

[dan m]

My favorite photo mag has gone belly up. A real pity.

Dan

Today 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.

 

[cliffpatte]

*** UPDATE ***

Posted by Devin Poolman on 2 January 2009.

With our most recent announcement that we will be closing 8020 and JPG, we received an enormous amount of support from the community. Thank you for that -- it means a lot to the team here and it shows that JPG is made up of wonderful people. Along with that support, we have also received some interest from qualified parties who may be interested in acquiring the company so that JPG could live on. We don't want to get your hopes up unnecessarily, but there is nothing we would want more then for JPG to continue in some form, and we are working on that now. Stay tuned and let's keep our collective fingers crossed.

 

[dan m]

Thanks Cliff. As they say, fingers crossed.

 

[taffyboy1]

excuse my ignorance what is JPG?

 

[dan m]

A photography magazine. Download the PDFs of back issues here: www.jpgmag.com/downloads/archives.html

 

[dan m]

Good news from JPG:

We're thrilled to say that because of you, we have multiple credible buyers interested in giving JPG a home. We will be keeping the site up after all, and hope to have a final update in the next week or so on who the acquirer will be. Thank you for making all of this possible.

Laura Brunow Miner
Editor in Chief