Author: Fred Kuhr
CMI seeking partners for largest LGBT survey of its kind
by Fred Kuhr Community Marketing & Insights, based in San Francisco, is currently seeking LGBT media, organizations and events to partner with for its 12th Annual LGBT Community Survey. According to CMI, this survey is the largest LGBT survey of its kind, […]
San Fran’s Bay Area Reporter has new owner
by Joe Siegel San Francisco-based Bay Area Reporter (BAR) has a new owner, Michael Yamashita. Yamashita has been the publisher of the paper since 2013. He also served as the paper’s general manager. He purchased the paper after acquiring shares from two […]
Rochester’s Empty Closet opens door to changes
by Fred Kuhr The Empty Closet — the LGBT newspaper serving Rochester, N.Y., and published by community organization The Out Alliance — is setting the stage for a “new look and fresh content” next month while it says goodbye to its editor […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: The Wisconsin Gazette of Milwaukee
Interview with Co-Founder and Editor in Chief Louis Weisberg by Joe Siegel Geographic coverage area: Milwaukee metro area, southeastern Wisconsin, and downtown Madison Year founded: 2009 Staff size and breakdown: CEO; publisher; four editors, three of whom also serve as staff writers; two part-time designers; […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com BOSTON SPIRIT entered its 13th year of publication with its November/December 2017 issue. DEBRA CHASNOFF, an Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker and activist, died November 7, 2017, of metastatic breast […]
Washington Blade snubbed by White House
by Joe Siegel The Washington Blade has been given the cold shoulder by the White House and its press secretary. “Even though I regularly attend the briefings on behalf of the Blade each day they’re held, the last time a White House […]
Out & About Nashville launches Puerto Vallarta publication
by Joe Siegel A new magazine and website focused on the Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, LGBT community and its visitors has launched. Out & About Puerto Vallarta (O&APV) will publish its first issue in January 2018. The website, www.outandaboutpv.com is live now. With […]
Oregon’s PQ Monthly shuns print, goes digital
by Fred Kuhr Portland, Oregon’s PQ Monthly, as well as its sister publications El Hispanic News and Tankside, have ceased publishing print editions and are now “100% digital,” publisher Melanie Davis announced in a letter to readers earlier this month. She said […]
GUEST COMMENTARY: Setting a new bar in LGBT journalism
by Mark Segal Mark Segal, publisher of Philadelphia Gay News (PGN), is the nation’s most-award-winning commentator in LGBT media. His recently published memoir, “And Then I Danced,” is available on Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble or at your favorite bookseller. At the end […]
by Joe Siegel The results from the 22nd annual LGBTQ Tourism and Hospitality Survey — conducted by San Francisco-based Community Marketing & Insights (CMI) — have been released. And the findings are surprising. On average, LGBTQ participants took 3.2 vacation or leisure […]