TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES

(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know at editor@presspassq.com.) COMMUNITY MARKETING INC., based is San Francisco, is holding its 14th Conference on LGBT Tourism & Hospitality in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Dec. 11-13, 2013. For more information, go to http://www.communitymarketinginc.com/education-and-conferences/international-conference-on-gay-lesbian-tourism/. FRONTIERS MAGAZINE, […]

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PRESSING QUESTIONS: Running a non-profit on a “shoestring”

Options of Providence, R.I. by David Webb Publisher: Options is a non-profit organization Staff size and breakdown: We have a part-time managing director, an even more part-time production guy, and a distribution guy who works even less than the production guy. All the […]

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TOP STORY: Annual LGBT community survey provides useful data for both editors and publishers

by Chuck Colbert A new survey of LGBT consumers, including many readers of LGBT publications, holds good news for publishers and editors alike. One takeaway message is that gay media still matters. Sixty-seven percent of gay men and 58 percent of lesbians, […]

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SIDEBAR: CMI survey results help in understanding readers, reaching out to advertisers

by Chuck Colbert Community Marketing Inc.’s annual LGBT community survey undoubtedly provides useful data for editors and publishers. Accordingly, Press Pass Q reached out to a dozen publishers, editors, and sales and marketing directors of gay media outlets to learn more about […]

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IN THE NEWS: Washington Blade reacts to gov’t shutdown, welcomed into White House Press Corps pool

by Joe Siegel With the federal government partially shut down, the staff of the Washington Blade is coping with an unusual situation and turning it to the paper’s advantage. Last week’s front page – during the first week of the shutdown – […]

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