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Print Isn't Dead: How Linux Voice Crowdfunded a New Magazine

Posted by Unknown on from the something-about-paper dept.

M-Saunders (706738) writes The death of print has been predicted for years, and many magazines and publishers have taken a big hit with the rise of eBooks and tablets. But not everyone has given up. Four geeks quit their job at an old Linux magazine to start Linux Voice, an independent GNU/Linux print and digital mag with a different publishing model: giving profits and content back to the community. Six months after a successful crowdfunding campaign, the magazine is going well, so here is the full story.

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  1. Spam by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is like the 4th story on "four guys who quit some magazine no one ever heard of start a new magazine no one will read"

    https://www.google.com/search?...

    They have like 3k subs. Can we agree not to give them a story until they get 50k or 100k subs?

    They are using Slashdot as a promotional platform and place to farm refs for Wikipedia.

    Linux is great. These 4 guys don't matter.

  2. Re:If by M-Saunders · · Score: 5, Informative

    Who said that? We are making a profit... And we're going to give 50% of it back to the FOSS community at the end of the year.