# Welcome to IPFS News 197! | IPFS Blog & News

**URL:** https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/welcome-to-ipfs-news-197-ipfs-blog-news/16942
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**Created:** [September 12, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/welcome-to-ipfs-news-197-ipfs-blog-news/16942 "2023-09-12T17:05:46Z")
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#### Post date: [September 12, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/welcome-to-ipfs-news-197-ipfs-blog-news/16942/1 "2023-09-12T17:05:47Z")

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Since its initial release over 9 years ago, IPFS has been stewarded by a variety of teams and individual contributors, both within and outside of Protocol Labs. More recently though, it has lacked a dedicated team focused on nothing other than the success of the IPFS ecosystem. It is with this reality in mind that we are excited to announce the formation of&nbsp;**[the brand new IPFS Ecosystem Working Group (opens new window)](https://blog.ipfs.tech/2023-introducing-the-ecosystem-working-group/)**!

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://blog.ipfs.tech/newsletter-197](https://blog.ipfs.tech/newsletter-197)