Author: Fred Kuhr
Baltimore paper gives voice to activists in coverage of riots
by Chuck Colbert Mainstream print and broadcast media were all over the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African American, an incident that wreaked havoc on Baltimore. Arrested by police on April 12, Gray suffered spinal chord injuries in police custody while […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com. JOHN M. BECKER, editor in chief of THE BILERICO PROJECT, celebrated his 30th birthday on March 1, 2015. To celebrate, he posted on WWW.BILERICO.COM that he was taking the […]
HIV Plus magazine drops HIV in title, now just Plus
by Chuck Colbert Here Media Inc. has rebranded its popular HIV Plus magazine, the country’s largest publication aimed at people with HIV and those who care about and for them, as Plus. The new Plus brand, which launches with the magazine’s May/June […]
Gaycation magazine acquires Indy’s The Word
by Chuck Colbert Gaycation, a national monthly magazine about LGBT travel, has acquired The Word, an Indianapolis-based LGBT tabloid, and its sister publication, Up Downtown, from longtime owner and publisher Ted Fleischaker. The Word will remain headquartered in Indianapolis and will continue […]
Pressing Questions: Letters from Camp Rehoboth of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
by Joe Siegel Interview with editor and publisher Steve Elkins. He is executive director of the Camp Rehoboth Community Center, which publishes the magazine. Geographic coverage area: The primary coverage is the coastal area of southern Delaware, although issues are also distributed […]
6th LGBT Media Journalists Convening held in Philadelphia
Invitation-only conference brings LGBT media professionals together “to discuss issues related to queer media” by Chuck Colbert A select group of LGBT media professionals, including journalists and bloggers who cover the LGBT community, gathered recently for a weekend forum concerning a range […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com. AMBUSH MAGAZINE, based in New Orleans, La., entered its 33rd year of publication with its January 13, 2015, issue. CAMP, based in Kansas City, Mo., unveiled its new website […]
Florida Agenda owner acquires FunMaps
by Chuck Colbert Multimedia Platforms, the gay-owned parent company of Florida Agenda and Guy magazine, has acquired FunMaps, “a 33-year-old LGBT travel and leisure publishing company delivering local and regional maps, information, and advertising to more than 40 key North American cities,” […]
Ohio’s Outlook Media to publish LGBT Wedding Guide
by Joe Siegel Columbus-based Outlook Media is publishing its first-ever wedding guide for same-sex couples, in addition to sponsoring a number of LGBT Wedding Expos around the state. This is somewhat unusual since marriage equality is not the law of the land […]
by Chuck Colbert Philadelphia Gay News (PGN) has done it again, recently winning a slew of awards from the Local Media Association and five from the Society of Professional Journalists. “Please note that those awards represent almost all the departments here at […]