Bay Area Reporter defends controversial op-ed
by Fred Kuhr San Francisco-based Bay Area Reporter took to its own opinion pages to defend running a controversial op-ed about a controversial comment made at a gathering of LGBT journalists. “When B.A.R. publishes a Guest Opinion column, we don’t expect everyone […]
Milwaukee newspaper says goodbye
by Fred Kuhr The front page of the September 20 issue of the Wisconsin Gazette had one simple headline, “Time To Say Goodbye.” After almost 10 years of publishing in the Badger State’s largest city, the biweekly Gazette is shutting down, citing […]
Chicago’s Tracy Baim part of team to rescue alt weekly
by Fred Kuhr Tracy Baim, co-founder and publisher of Chicago’s Windy City Times, has a new job. She has stepped away from day-to-day responsibilities from the city’s LGBT newspaper to become the publisher of the Chicago Reader, the city’s iconic alternative weekly. […]
GUEST COMMENTARY: Not the enemy of the people
by Watermark Central Florida Bureau Chief Jeremy Williams and Tampa Bay Bureau Chief Ryan Williams-Jent (This editorial originally appeared in the August 23, 2018, issue of Watermark, based in Orlando, Fla.) Beginning August 16, prompted by The Boston Globe, over 400 news […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: #Boom Magazine of St. Louis
Interview with Co-Founder, COO & Editor Colin Murphy by Joe Seigel Year founded: June 2014 Staff size and breakdown: The triad of owners – Publisher Colin Lovett, Editor Colin Murphy, and Webmaster Kurt Ross all wear multiple hats from creating content to […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com GAYMOVIEDB.COM, the Gay Movie Database, has been launched by Florida-based ORLANDO ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, LLC. The site bills itself as the most comprehensive and easily navigable online database of […]
Publishers relieved tariffs on newsprint lifted
by Joe Siegel Last month, the United States International Trade Commission overturned a Trump Administration decision to impose tariffs on Canadian newsprint, saying that American paper producers are not harmed by newsprint imports. According to the New York Times: “The unanimous decision […]
Far-right men’s group threatens San Francisco paper with legal action
by Fred Kuhr The far-right men’s group the Proud Boys call themselves “Western chauvinists” who long for the days when, as Archie Bunker once put it, “girls were girls and men were men.” But if you call them “white supremacists” and “fascists,” […]
NLGJA convention largest in a decade
by Joe Siegel More than 450 journalists and media professionals attended this year’s convention for NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists, held September 6-9 in Palm Springs, Calif. “This was the largest national convention for NLGJA in over a decade,” beamed Adam […]
by Joe Siegel LGBT media have been busy providing coverage for the upcoming midterm elections, which features many contested races at the local, state, and federal levels. As part of coverage, many LGBT candidates are being spotlighted by various publications. The Washington […]