Comments on: Derek and Heather Leave JPG Magazine

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Derek Powazek - Numpty Webbie | SEO Ibiza - Superior Small Business SEO — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:20:09 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 17 May 2007 07:11:00 +0000

Sounds like a lot of back peddling to me.

When Paul realized it was a stupid move and bad business to try to erase Derek and Heather and the early issues of the mag from existence, he put them back and acted like they were never taken off, as if no one would notice nor care.

By: alana jackson

alana jackson — Thu, 17 May 2007 00:59:00 +0000

paul has a longer post up now at the jpg flickr group, and yes, it does address the issue of the old issues, as well as a bunch of other things, so go and check it out.

as for the rosenberg’s article, like i said (to the same post) over on flickr, it’s a few days old, and only tells one side of the story, and nobody at 8020 was contacted by the author, so it’s not exactly fair and balanced.

By: phototristan

phototristan — Wed, 16 May 2007 23:48:00 +0000

Of course the wife of paul cloutier is going to blindly stand by her man and tow the company line.

Alana doesn't even address the facts; why did JPG at first remove Derek and Heather's names from the about page at http://jpgmag.com/about and then put them back? And why did they pull the early issues from existence?

I have a link to Scott Rosenberg's (a VP at Salon.com) take on the matter on my blog at:

http://www.tristantom.com/blog/2007/05/shakeup-at-jpg-magazine.html

He has a lot of good and balanced things to say about journalistic integrity as it pertains to this situation.

By: alana jackson

alana jackson — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:14:00 +0000

i posted to flickr today another side of the story.
i am paul cloutier's wife, and i've been close to JPG and 8020 since they were both founded. and well, derek's story is a bit once sided.

please read my post before you delete your account with JPG. if you still want to after reading my post, well, i did my bit.

By: Al

Al — Wed, 16 May 2007 07:36:00 +0000

The whole situation is even creepier than simple deletion of content - some of the verbiage made it back into the about page and Paul denies ever having removed it, even though google's cache tells the true story.

What's really weird is that all the commenters that have actually met Paul (including me) talk about what a nice guy he comes across as, and in a totally non-fake way. Like Thomas, I've only met him once and he also came across as a pretty good egg. That's why I've got such a cognitive disconnect between that impression of him and these actions but hey, you are what you do.

By: Tristan Tom

Tristan Tom — Tue, 15 May 2007 13:48:00 +0000

But wouldn’t ceasing support for the magazine also cut off Derek and Heather? Derek states in his post that he still owns a large part of the mag.

I think they should continue on, on their own with an even more successful mag. Oh, and call it JPEG” Magazine”.

By: Kreg

Kreg — Tue, 15 May 2007 13:28:00 +0000

That stinks. I loved the idea of JpgMag. …and I have been trying to get published in it for a while (grr..) Oh well.. I wish them luck. This all reminds me of a bad situation I had with a business partner. bleh.

By: Eddy

Eddy — Tue, 15 May 2007 12:13:00 +0000

Assuming Derek's version of the story is true (I believe him), I can only say that Paul has shot himself in the foot with his actions.

I have deleted my account at JPG mag, I expect/hope many more to do the same.

This is simply wrong.