''Phlow'' is a German
webzine
An online magazine is a magazine published on the Internet, through bulletin board systems and other forms of public computer networks. One of the first magazines to convert from a print magazine format to being online only was the computer maga ...
founded by
Moritz "mo." Sauer, a German journalist. The magazine initially focused on publishing interviews, portraits and reviews about artists who release their music licensed under
creative commons and several forms of netculture. Since its birth in 2000 ''Phlow'' evolved and initiated the
Netlabel Catalogue, a directory of
netlabel
A netlabel (also online label, web label, digi label, MP3 label or download label) is a record label that distributes its music through digital audio formats (such as MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, or WAV) over the Internet. While similar to tradition ...
s, and started an international version in English in September 2007, called ''Phlow-Magazine.com''. Together with Christian Negre Moritz "mo." Sauer started ''Phlow.es'', a Spanish version of ''Phlow''.
Overview
Started in 2000 and relaunched in 2002, ''Phlow'' is an electronic magazine that publishes interviews, portraits and reviews about music released by netlabels or music released under a creative commons licence. Since 2002 ''Phlow'' interviewed musicians, bands and producers from all over the world. Its editor
Moritz "mo." Sauer established ''Phlow'' in the evolving world of netlabels and covered the culture and history of netlabels in several magazines, events and media.
In 2004 ''Phlow'' was nominated for the
Grimme Online Award – an award for publishing quality on the web. ''Phlow'' was nominated in the category of 'Media Journalism'.
With the English edition started in late 2007, ''Phlow'' has published for an international audience. While reviews about music licensed under a
creative commons can still be found, free mixes and compilations can also be downloaded. While ''Phlow'' magazine editors write about music, ''Phlow'' also produces a
podcast
A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosin ...
to promote free music to its readers.
On June 12 and 13, 2010 the ''Phlow'' staff organised with like-minded creative commons
activists from
Cologne Commons, a conference and music festival about free music and creative commons culture.
Cologne Commons Compilation
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In July 2009 Moritz "mo." Sauer started the Spanish edition of ''Phlow'' with Netaudio activist Christian Negre, better known as Applejux. The spanish edition discontinued in 2012. The original version moved from Phlow.es to WordPress.com.
References
External links
Phlow.net
– German edition of Phlow
Phlow-Magazine.com
– English edition of Phlow
phlowmagazine.wordpress.com
– Archived Spanish edition of Phlow
Spiegel.de: "Phlow.net: Magazin im Blog-Pelz"
Tonspion.de: "MP3 ohne Ende"
dradio: "Kein rechtsfreier Raum – Urheber- und Persönlichkeitsrechte im Internet"
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Magazines established in 2000
Online music magazines published in Germany
German-language magazines
Spanish-language magazines