The people running JPG Magazine now have come up with two updates (weak updates in my opinion) to address the controversy of Derek and Heather's leaving and the mass exodus of JPG users who have left in solidarity with Derek and Heather/disgust over their ouster/general irritation at the perceived direction 8020 is taking.
To the about page of JPG Magazine they've added
The Early IssuesThe first version of JPG Magazine was created by the husband and wife team of Derek Powazek and Heather Powazek Champ. It was a quarterly printed publication devoted to brave new photography that took submissions over the internet and printed on good old fashioned paper. It was edited by Derek and Heather, printed in digest format, and sold through Lulu.com.
These first six issues of JPG Magazine served as inspiration for the new JPG Magazine, and they are available exclusively through Lulu.com.
In a Flickr discussion group JPG editor and publisher Paul Cloutier says
There have been a lot of questions from the community today about us rewriting history and we think it is important to say that we have no intention of rewriting the history of JPG Magazine. When 8020 was created we felt a photography magazine was a perfect first title to start with. JPG Magazine existed before and was absolutely the inspiration for the new JPG magazine. Derek and the contributors behind the early issues are a critical part of who we are and the heritage of JPG magazine is not something to be erased or forgotten. The JPG magazine that Derek and Heather created will always be an inspiration to us and we are committed to the principles that they set out.
Um, dude? Didn't you try to rewrite history when you deleted any mention of Heather and any mention of the first 6 issues from the site? Try again.
Way, way more updates:
The wife of Paul Cloutier tries to offer a different side to the story
Derek responds very convincingly
Tags: photography, JPG Magazine, Derek Powazek