JPG is a magazine, published 6 times a year by 8020 Publishing, which focuses on photography. The content of JPG is user-created and submitted via the magazine's website. JPG pays $100 for each photo published. When photos are submitted to the website, they are voted on by members of the site's community for inclusion in the next issue. Photos are separated by theme, with some themes being assigned to issues while some are not.
The magazine was o...
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JPG is a magazine, published 6 times a year by 8020 Publishing, which focuses on photography. The content of JPG is user-created and submitted via the magazine's website. JPG pays $100 for each photo published. When photos are submitted to the website, they are voted on by members of the site's community for inclusion in the next issue. Photos are separated by theme, with some themes being assigned to issues while some are not.
The magazine was originally self-published through lulu.com, but in 2006 this changed, with the magazine being a fully-fledged news-stand publication.
On January 2, 2009, JPG magazine announced that they were going to shut down operations on January 5, after running into cash-flow problems. After a grass-roots effort started by 15x100's Struan Oglanby at savejpg.com, investor interest came to life as the official website enthusiastically acknowledged, thus offering new hope for the magazine, contributors and readers.
In February 2009 it was announced that new...
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