Complex sentence: The fate of the magazine was up in the air for an extended period, and during that period a strongly dedicated online community thrived, but operations were ultimately shut down in 2002 after failing to find a way to bring the print magazine back to life.
Split into simpler sentences: The fate of the magazine was up in the air for an extended period, but during that period, a strongly dedicated online community thrived. However, operations were ultimately shut down in 2002 after failing to find a way to bring the print magazine back to life.