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

[Douglas Scott]

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

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Subject: 	An Important Message About Your Subscription
Date: 	Fri, 1 Dec 2017 12:45:16 -0600 (CST)
From: 	Linux Journal Services 
<LinuxJournalServices at linuxjournalservices.com>
Reply-To: 	Linux Journal Services <LinuxJournalServices at linuxjournal.com>
To: 	doug.scott at att.net



Linux Journal Geek Guide

New Geek Guide from Linux Journal

	

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/1ZbPZg6W2Z7z0TCj0wE2oVXHEoBJY0Y9E/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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