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 […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: Out & About Nashville
Interview with Owner & Publisher Jerry Jones and Managing Digital Editor James Grady by Joe Siegel Year founded: 2002 Staff size and breakdown (writers, editors, designers, etc.): Two editors (print managing editor and digital managing editor), two designers, three salespeople, a variety […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com 910 AM SUPERSTATION, based in Detroit, is the home of a weekly radio segment dedicated to LGBT conversations. This is a first for a large commercial radio station […]
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 […]