Author: Fred Kuhr
New directory connects consumers and 22,000-plus LGBT-friendly businesses
by Chuck Colbert Multimedia Platforms Worldwide (MMPW), the only publicly-traded LGBT media company, has launched WiRLD Digital City Guide, a business directory with more than 22,000 LGBT-friendly businesses throughout North America. The new guide also allows LGBT-friendly businesses to self-register online for […]
NBC OUT is NBC News’ newest vertical portal
by Chuck Colbert NBC News has launched its newest vertical web portal this month, providing original content on LGBT life and culture. As NBC News senior vice president of diversity and talent, Yvette Miley, said in a press release, “NBC OUT […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: Seattle Gay News
Interview with Associate Editor Shaun Knittel by Joe Siegel Year founded: 1974 Staff size and breakdown: Editor and Publisher George Bakan Associate Editor Shaun Knittel Travel/Food Editor Albert Rodriguez Managing Editor Rick McKinnon Calendar/Proofreading Rick McKinnon Staff Reporte: Michal Andrews Layout SGN […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com. DANIELA COSTA celebrated her first anniversary as editor of GAY VEGAS in the publication’s April/May 2016 issue. Daniela Costa of Gay Vegas DALLAS VOICE named CHAD MANTOOTH as its […]
First-ever LGBT Guide to Business Travel published
by Chuck Colbert A first-of-its-kind new guide to business travel is out now thanks to publisher ManAboutWord and presented by Marriott International, IBM, and the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC). This is good news for LGBT travelers who may […]
New digital archive preserves LGBT history
by Joe Siegel A new digital archive is making LGBT history accessible to students and faculty at colleges and universities all over the country, in addition to public libraries in major cities such as New York and Seattle. The first phase covers […]
Former Dallas Voice photog indicted for neighbor’s murder
by Chuck Colbert A former Dallas Voice photographer, Christian (alias Christopher) Colbert, wanted in the murder of his former next-door neighbor Ronald Shumway, has been indicted by a Dallas County grand jury. Having fled to Los Angeles, Colbert confessed to the murder […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: Gay City News of NYC
Interview with Founding Editor in Chief and Associate Publisher Paul Schindler by Joe Siegel Geographic coverage area: New York City, plus to a lesser degree Westchester County, Long Island, and Northeastern New Jersey. Year founded: 2002, though the staff and contributors had […]
BULLETIN BOARD
ESTABLISHED GAY MALE TRAVEL WRITER — specializing in adventure, cultural, off the beaten path, and purely hedonistic beaches, palm tree islands in the sun travel — seeking new outlets. ErnieAlderete@yahoo.com DO YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT for the Bulletin Board? Bulletin Board announcements are […]
by Chuck Colbert The shooting at Orlando’s Pulse, an LGBT nightclub, was the largest mass murder in modern U.S. history. A lone gunman, for whatever reason, went on a rampage, killing 49 people and leaving 53 wounded, mostly Latinos. As Watermark, an LGBT […]