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AfterEllen shuts down citing financial reasons
by Joe Siegel Popular blog AfterEllen has shut down after more than 10 years of operation. The site featured lesbian news and entertainment. Editor in chief Trish Bendix announced on her personal website that the blog was shutting down on September 23. […]
XY Magazine returns after 8-year break
by Joe Siegel XY Magazine, which is aimed at young gay men, has resumed publication after an eight-year hiatus. The new XY #50 — at nearly 200 pages — went on sale the week of October 10 at Barnes and Noble, Books-A-Million, […]
Clinton backed by National Gay Media Association members
by Fred Kuhr In an unprecedented move, all 12 of the country’s longest-serving LGBT newspapers are each separately endorsing Democratic Hillary Clinton for president of the United States. The 12 are members of the National Gay Media Association, a trade association of […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: Houston Rainbow Herald
Interview with Editor Johnny Trlica by Joe Siegel Location: Houston, Texas Year founded: 2011 Staff size and breakdown: (writers, editors, designers, etc.) Johnny Trlica, editor; Alvin Linton, webmaster; Mark Anthony, contributing writer Print run: Online only Website: www.houstonrainbowherald.com ***** PPQ: What feature […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com. FRANK BRUNI, famed NEW YORK TIMES columnist, was announced as the recipient of NLGJA’s RANDY SHILTS Award for LGBT Coverage. He will receive the awards during the group’s Dateline: […]
LGBT Media Summit broadens focus at national journalism convention
by Fred Kuhr MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Examining LGBT health beyond HIV/AIDS and the crisis of homophobia in the Caribbean were just two of the issues examined during the 12th annual LGBT Media Summit, held on September 8 in Miami Beach, Fla. […]
New England newspaper box destroyed by vandals
by Joe Siegel The Rainbow Times (TRT), based in Boston, had one of its distribution boxes destroyed in an explosion on August 23 in the town of Salem, Mass. Security camera footage revealed a group of seven people lingering around the newspaper […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: Between the Lines of Livonia, Michigan
Interview with Co-Publisher Jan Stevenson by Joe Siegel Geographic coverage area: All of Michigan, with the heaviest focus on Southeast Michigan and the greater Detroit area Year founded:1993 Staff size and breakdown: (writers, editors, designers, etc.) Editor in chief Susan Horowitz (full […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com. ADELANTE, based in Los Angeles, entered its 20th year of publication with its June 2016 issue. CHARLES ALEXANDER, a columnist with Livonia, Mich.-based BETWEEN THE LINES, had his artwork, […]
by Joe Siegel Los Angeles-based Frontiers magazine has suspended publication due to the financial problems of its parent company, Multimedia Platforms Worldwide (MMP). On October 4, the company, based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy before the United States […]