Month: August 2015
NLGJA convention and LGBT Media Summit to celebrate 25th anniversary back home in San Francisco
by Chuck Colbertadditional material added by Fred Kuhr More than 350 journalists, news executives, and communications professionals are expected in San Francisco over Labor Day weekend when the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) convenes its annual convention and 11th LGBT […]
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Bilerico Project ends its “open-ended experiment”
by Chuck Colbert For more than a decade, the influential blog Bilerico Project has provided “an open-ended experiment in communication and cultural community building,” according to a website posting about its history and mission. It was in effect a community forum, which […]
Gay Politics Report also ceases publication
by Chuck Colbert For more than a decade the Victory Fund has distributed its Gay Politics Report, a clipping service of news stories and opinion on all things LGBT. Gay Politics Report, a free twice-weekly summary of important LGBT news and opinion, […]
NYC’s Next Magazine bought by Florida’s Multimedia Platforms
by Chuck Colbert Next Magazine, New York’s leading weekly gay nightlife and entertainment publication, announced its acquisition by Florida-based Multimedia Platforms, Inc., the only publicly-traded LGBT media company. Next began publishing in 1993, and today has more than 50,000 weekly print readers, in excess […]
Windy City Times makes changes for 30th anniversary
by Chuck Colbert This fall, Windy City Times, Chicago’s only LGBT newspaper, will mark its 30th anniversary with a large celebration at the city’s popular Sidetrack bar on Sunday, Sept. 27. In advance of the celebration, Windy City Media Group (WCMG), the […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: David Atlanta
Interview with Sales and Development Director William Duffee-Braun by Joe Siegel Geographic coverage area: Atlanta Metro Region and other Southern cities Year founded: 1998, sold to DRT Media in 2011 Staff size and breakdown: Publisher, sales director, four sales representatives, editor, art […]
Bobby Blair What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com.BOBBY BLAIR, CEO and founder of Florida-based MULTIMEDIA PLATFORMS and a former world-ranked tennis player, took part in a celebrity tennis exhibition on June 7, 2015. The event, […]