by Bach Polakowski | Nov 19, 2009 | Matthew S. Bajko |
Bay Area Reporter publisher Thomas E. Horn (on the right in photo) was in the news this week for more than his comments about the demise of Window Media. He also garnered headlines for being named Honorary Consul for Monaco in San Francisco. Horn met with Prince...
by Bach Polakowski | Nov 19, 2009 | Matthew S. Bajko |
Publishers of the country’s remaining LGBT weekly newspapers have all issued comments this week highly critical of the management decisions made by those leading Window Media, which filed for bankruptcy over the weekend and shuttered its papers in D.C., Atlanta...
by Bach Polakowski | Nov 18, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
Advocate.com reports that the Washington Blade will relaunch this Friday, Nov. 20, under a new name: DC Agenda. They quote former Blade editor Kevin Naff: We’re launching a modest print publication on Friday and the plan is to be on a full-scale printing press...
by Bach Polakowski | Nov 18, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett |
It appears that if you want unfiltered coverage of the all-stars of the anti-same-sex marriage movement, you only need to turn to the Washington Post’s Style section. Just three months after the infamous profile of Brian Brown that resulted in a scolding by WaPo...
by Bach Polakowski | Nov 18, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
It’s not often that the mainstream media acknowledges the LGBT media, so it’s certainly worth noting when that acknowledgment is filled with praise. The Washington Post published today an editorial lamenting the demise of the Washington Blade: The...
by Bach Polakowski | Nov 17, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett |
There’s a belief that people say the nicest things about others during the eulogies at funerals. If only we said those things when people were alive, the thought goes, we’d be in a better place. So it goes as the “eulogies” begin to roll in...
by Bach Polakowski | Nov 16, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett |
A great report from the Washington City Paper’s Amanda Hess from inside the Blade’s National Press Club building offices as staff members pack up after news that the Blade has been shut down. Reporters have been calling the office all morning in search of...
by Bach Polakowski | Nov 16, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett |
Out magazine released its Out 100 and journalists are well-represented among its “Class of 2009.” Washington Post managing editor Liz Spayd, the Advocate’s Kerry Eleveld, and LGBT public relations maven Cathy Renna are featured as THE NEWSHOUND, THE...
by Bach Polakowski | Nov 16, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett |
The Washington Blade has also confirmed Oriol’s blog post that the publication–which just celebrated its 40th anniversary–has shut down. In a tweet, the Blade said: Washington Blade, like all Window Media publications, is closing today. Thank you for...
by Bach Polakowski | Nov 16, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
Window Media — the parent company of the Washington Blade, Southern Voice, Houston Voice, South Florida Blade, David Atlanta and The 411 Magazine — has reportedly ceased operations. Here’s a Facebook message from the editor of the Southern Voice:...
