We are meeting with the “smartest in the room” while trying to figure out how to create something that lasts and uploading the vast archive on a shoestring budget.”Ĭopyright 2020 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved. We want to work well with you all- telling stories and helping out. Us all working to better this town, get more freedom from public records and more transparency is key. Local and independent media works well with you all. “As I said, the “whodunnit” of ownership isn’t the story. There are a lot of moving parts with an acquisition such as this and not quite all has been figured out at this point- a point your readers and viewers may confuse as deception.
I have not, and will not, comment on the ownership at this time. When we started this over a year ago, we had a few dedicated people and a desire just to get Folio (and components of EU) back out there. Boldland Press, Inc., will be up on Sunbiz any day. The PDJ Publishing Company referenced by media has nothing to do with Folio Weekly. My ear hurt from all of the calls and advice, solicited and unsolicited. It led to the idea to see if Folio Weekly could be saved.
“I learned of Sam Taylor’s retirement like most- reading a social media post. He hopes to find more community sponsors to get funding for the magazine.Ī statement released Monday night by Phillips reads in part: Phillips told the Record he hopes to create an archive of Folio stories that will be available online. Since then, Folio and Short Box have both expanded their audiences with the Short Box remaining clearly in our line of view. Last night, we retained the services of to “give the oath” to Leonard They talked about civil rights, removal of the confederate monument & the You can see videos on our YouTube channel-. The Short Box, a weekly comic book and pop culture discussion podcast running since 2012, first pulsed green on the Folio radar in 2018 when it won Best Podcast in our annual Best of Readers Poll for the first time. Folio shared a link of the interview on social media: Perhaps a clue of Phillips’ involvement with the magazine was an interview he had with the Jacksonville Jaguars’ Leonard Fournette regarding civil rights and the recent protests. Phillips said Boldland Press is a partner, which bought Folio, but he didn’t name any other partners. It reported that Sam Taylor, the magazine’s former publisher, will help with the reboot and that Phillips will serve at the interim publisher. “We’re hiring, looking for people to give the rich diversity of Folio Weekly and bring it back such that people can tell stories and celebrate the positive in Jacksonville,” he told the Daily Record. ceasing publication due to economic issues related to the pandemic. As first reported by News4Jax’s news partner the Jacksonville Daily Record, Phillips is hiring writers and staff, and he hopes to have a print issue out in July. On Monday, News4Jax learned that it’s Attorney John Phillips who’s giving the magazine a second life. – A little over a month ago, Folio Weekly announced it was shutting down due to an “economic freefall.” A week ago, that changed when it announced it was making a comeback as Folio Weekly 2.0.
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