TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES

What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com. THE GAY ALLIANCE OF GENESEE VALLEY, publisher of Rochester, N.Y.-based THE EMPTY CLOSET, has moved to news offices in the city’s Neighborhood of the Arts. The new space will […]

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NYC’s Troy Masters moves to L.A. to launch new publication

by Joe Siegel On October 9, there will be a new gay publication in Los Angeles. Troy Masters, a figure in the world of New York City LGBT media for over 25 years, is launching The Pride L.A. The newspaper will be […]

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Trans* elders, faith and HIV coverage all hot topics as NLGJA convention and LGBT Media Summit “come home” to San Francisco

by Chuck Colbertwith additional reporting by Fred Kuhr SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of LGBT news industry professionals and allies attended the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association’s (NLGJA) annual convention and 11th LGBT Media Summit, a four-day gathering held this year over the Labor […]

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Georgia Voice hires its first African-American editor

by Chuck Colbert Atlanta-based Georgia Voice has a new editor. He is Darian Aaron, who joined the staff on August 21. “I’m humbled by this amazing opportunity to lead one of the premier LGBT publications in the country,” Aaron said. “With this new […]

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TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES

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, […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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