Sheltering in Place

[cranefly]

A question that I'll preface with an anecdote.  Many years ago a science fiction artist friend of considerable success took a job at a video game company and worked for years on something akin to Myst.  He did some of his best work there, but then the company went belly up before the game's release.  He was horrified to learn that all of his art would never see the light of day.  Because the now-defunct company owned his work, he wasn't at liberty to try to resurrect it on his own.  So he lost several years of artistic output.  He warned other artists not to get themselves into this situation.

So my question is, what TC Media materials can you walk away with?  Can you take the magazine subscription list?  Are there articles not yet printed or that were in-progress that have ownership restrictions?  I suspect there's all kinds of things I can't even imagine.  It sounds like this shutdown, devastating though it be, is happening on good terms for all involved.  But still I wonder whether little gotchas will pop up regarding company/employee proprietary rights.

I suspect your following on social media is intact and yours to keep, and of great value, if you decide to try translating it into a job that involves having a following.

I suppose I should have put this on the TC Media thread.  But it relates to what you just mentioned here.