Bklynr Founders Calling It Quits
Thomas Rhiel and Raphael Pope-Sussman can no longer squeeze hyper-local into their busy schedules.
Here’s what a typical issue of Brooklyn-focused digital publication Bklynr looks like:
Per Capital New York’s Sean Augustine-Obi, the publication is closing things down, with one final (larger) issue set for later this month. The only silver lining for the magazine’s contributors and part-time editors is that the decision is not primarily motivated by finances:
Ultimately, Bklynr’s founders never intended for the site to eclipse their full-time jobs. Thomas Rhiel, who had called the site “a side project” in 2013, is a designer and developer at Atavist, and Raphael Pope-Sussman is a senior writer at the Center for Court Innovation.
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