The Real Story of JPG Magazine
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
In The Real Story of JPG Magazine Derek Powazek, one of its founders tells of how he and his wife Heather Champ invented it and built the business, and, painfully how they just left their own startup company.
I have to say, while I loved the design and some of the spirit of JPG Magazine, I never really liked the flickr-like competition to get published in the print mag: voting and such. I realize this is a great web 2.0 method for getting users submitting and looking and voting, but I don’t think it necessarily leads to better photography. That said, the two issues of JPG magazine I’ve gotten have been beautiful with great images, really great, many of them coming from people I’m familiar with on flickr.
Anyway, I just deleted my JPG account. I don’t want to be associated with a site that treats its founders and visionaries this way.
Just seen this too - it smacks of an ego getting WAY out of control. I have only just subscribed to the magazine too. I feel for Derek and Heather, I really do.
Well, let’s wait a few days and see how the story evolves… I hate lynch mobs, they never get it right. However, I cancelled my account there, I wasn’t crazy about the competitive model and that was Derek and Heather’s doing. That’s a different issue, of course, but I wasn’t all that sad to leave.