TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES

(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know at editor@presspassq.com.) BAY TIMES, based in San Francisco, celebrated 35 years of publication with its Nov. 14, 2013, issue. COURTNEY BEDELL is the new writer for Baltimore-based GAY LIFE. She will be writing the […]

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LA’s Frontiers emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy

by Chuck Colbert A Southern California-based LGBT publication concluded a nearly nine-month period of Chapter 11 bankruptcy with the purchase of Frontiers Media by Michael A. Turner, a Los Angeles investment banker. Turner, who is gay, has created a new company. Judge […]

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Texas gets new statewide LGBT publication, Lone Star Q

by Chuck Colbert A former editor at the only LGBT weekly in Texas, fired more than two months ago, is moving on. John Wright, who served as Dallas Voice senior editor from 2012 to September 2013, has launched Lone Star Q, an online […]

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Dallas’ Voice Publishing rebrands gay yellow pages directory as OUT North Texas, part of move toward magazine format

by David Webb Voice Publishing LLC, based in Dallas, is revamping its traditional gay yellow pages directory to a “glossy, full-color, slick magazine with a dynamic LGBT visitors guide” for Dallas-Fort Worth that will include a business directory, a relocation guide and […]

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San Francisco newspaper running up its BARtab by beefing up adult content

by Chuck Colbert Pony up to the BAR — the Bay Area Reporter and its special nightlife section, that is. There is something for everyone — spirits, society, leather, porn, sex, romance, personals, kink and a whole lot more. At a time when […]

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TOP STORY: Same-sex wedding survey supplies critical data to publishers and editors

Offers information for use in connecting LGBT media with wedding industry businesses by Chuck Colbert New Jersey, Hawaii and Illinois are the newest states where same-sex marriage is now legal or will be next spring. And just as state lawmakers and a […]

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