[NTLUG:Discuss] Fwd: An Important Message About Your Subscription

[Pesto]

Also of interest, looks like somebody's stepped in to help:

https://linux.slashdot.org/story/18/01/02/199239/linuxjournal-which-ceased-publication-last-month-citing-poor-financial-condition-secures-fresh-fund-from-readers-to-resume-operation

pesto


On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 11:39 AM, Douglas Scott <doug.scott at att.net> wrote:

>
> Members may wish to know about the following.  Apparently Linux Journal
> has gone bankrupt. However they did post a link to their entire collection
> which is available until 12/31/2017.  The information is below.
>
> Doug
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:        An Important Message About Your Subscription
> Date:   Fri, 1 Dec 2017 12:45:16 -0600 (CST)
> From:   Linux Journal Services <LinuxJournalServices at linuxjou
> rnalservices.com>
> Reply-To:       Linux Journal Services <LinuxJournalServices at linuxjou
> rnal.com>
> To:     doug.scott at att.net
>
>
>
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>
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>
>
> It looks like we’re at the end, folks. If all goes according to a plan
> we’d rather not have, the November issue of /Linux Journal/ was our last.
>
> The simple fact is that we’ve run out of money, and options along with it.
> We never had a wealthy corporate parent or deep pockets of our own, and
> that made us an anomaly among publishers, from start to finish. While we
> got to be good at flying close to the ground for a long time, we lost what
> little elevation we had in November, when the scale finally tipped
> irrevocably to the negative.
>
> While we see a future like publishing’s past—a time when advertisers
> sponsor a publication because they value its brand and readers—the
> advertising world we have today would rather chase eyeballs, preferably by
> planting tracking beacons in readers' browsers and zapping them with ads
> anywhere those readers show up. But that future isn’t here, and the past is
> long gone.
>
> Our biggest regret is that we don’t even have enough money to return to
> the people who have valued us most: our subscribers. For that we could not
> apologize more deeply or sincerely. Here’s what we do have for you:
>
>  *
>
>    In true community spirit, Linux Pro Magazine has offered our
>    subscribers six free issues of their magazine, a publication we at
>    /Linux Journal /have always admired. In our time of need, they were
>    the first ones there for us, and we are thankful for their gracious
>    offer. To access your free digital issues of Linux Pro (a $49
>    value), see the landing page created for /Linux Journal/ readers at
>    the the Linux Pro website some time before December 31, 2017:
>    http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/LJ <http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/LJ>
>
>  *
>
>    We also just finished up our 2017 archive today, which includes
>    every issue we’ve ever published, including the first and last ones.
>    Normally we sell that for $25, but obviously you will get it for no
>    cost. The following download link is valid through December 31,
>    2017: https://secure2.linuxjournal.com/download
>    <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZbPZg6W2Z7z0TCj0wE2oVXHEo
> BJY0Y9E/view?usp=sharing>
>
> We also hope there is some solace in knowing that we worked very, very
> hard at keeping /Linux Journal /going, and we’ve been doing that for a long
> time, running the leanest, smallest possible operation we could. We are a
> collection mostly of volunteers, and some of our employees haven’t been
> paid in months. We still owe money to freelancers as well. There is a limit
> to how long a publisher can maintain those neglects, and that limit has now
> been reached.
>
> It has been a great run, folks. A big hats-off to everyone who contributed
> to our birth, our success and our persistence over these many years. We’d
> run the credits now, but the list would be too long, and the risk of
> leaving worthy people out would be too high. You know who you are. Our
> thanks again.
>
> With all my sincerity, sorrow, and gratitude,
>
> Carlie Fairchild
>
> Publisher, /Linux Journal/
>
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