CNN Premieres “Gay In America”

Tonight is the official launch of CNN’s “Gay in America” segments, starting with “Gary and Tony Have a Baby.” The project is part of CNN’s larger “In America” series hosted by Soledad O’Brien, a longtime supporter...

Here Media Launching TV News Through Advocate, here!

Here Media announced a deal with NBC today that means NBC content will show up on The Advocate–and eventually on a daily or weekly news show on here! Networks. The here! news show should premier this year or in 2011, according to my story at Mediaite. Under the...

Chain-Ups, Sit-Ins, and Bad PR: The Media Wrap-Up

What if you held a protest at the White House and no one really notices?  Imagine holding a sit-in on Capitol Hill that was ignored by the three newspapers who cover Capitol Hill like a blanket?  What happens when you hold a press event with a major celebrity who...

Longtime out TV news reporter Hank Plante to retire

The Bay Area Reporter broke the news on its blog last Thursday, March 11 that longtime openly gay television reporter Hank Plante will retire at the end of the month. Plante is considered one of the first on-air journalists to come out publicly. And he long has been a...