Houston publications weather Hurricane Harvey
by Joe Siegel Houston’s LGBT publications managed to weather Hurricane Harvey, which caused massive flooding in the city late last month. Outsmart Magazine did have to close its offices for a few days due to the wet conditions, but did not sustain […]
Former editor of Orlando’s Watermark dies
by Fred Kuhr Billy Manes, the former editor of Orlando’s Watermark, has died. According to a statement released by his husband Tony Mauss, Manes “passed away peacefully … surrounded by his family of friends. He had been ill for a couple of […]
Houston LGBT media pioneer Henry McClurg dies
courtesy of the National Gay Media Association Houston LGBT media pioneer Henry McClurg passed away on September 16 at the age of 70. Starting in 1974 with the Gulf States paper Contact, McClurg went on to publish the Montrose Star, Houston’s first […]
GUEST COMMENTARY: Applaud journalism
by Mark Segal Mark Segal, publisher of Philadelphia Gay News, 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. NLGJA, the Association […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: The Central Voice of Middletown, Penn.
Interview with Founding Editor and Publisher Frank Pizzoli by Joe Siegel Geographic coverage area: South central Pennsylvania – Dauphin County (home to state capital of Harrisburg), Cumberland County, Lancaster County and York County Year founded: 2003 Staff size and breakdown: Editor/publisher, five […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com BOSTON SPIRIT publisher DAVID ZIMMERMAN is credited with convincing all four of Boston’s major sports teams — Celtics, Patriots, Red Sox, and Bruins — to send their mascots […]
NLGJA confab to be held in Philly, but without LGBT Media Summit
by Joe Siegel and Fred Kuhr Over 300 journalists, media professionals, and news executives are expected to gather for annual convention of The Association of LGBTQ Journalists (aka NLGJA). This year’s event will be held September 7-10 at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel […]
NLGJA announces Excellence in Journalism winners
by Fred Kuhr Ahead of its annual convention next month in Philadelphia, NLGJA announced the recipients of its 2016 Excellence in Journalism Award winners. The highest individual awards, NLGJA Journalist of the Year and Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for the LGBTQ Journalist […]
Gay.com now owned by LA LGBT community center
by Fred Kuhr The Los Angeles LGBT Center has acquired the popular website domain Gay.com as a donation from its current owners, VS Media, and its flagship live cam site Flirt4Free. VS Media estimates the value of the domain to be $6.9 […]
by Joe Siegel Florida’s LGBT publications were all impacted by Hurricane Irma to varying degrees. Key West was the one of the hardest hit areas of the state. Q Magazine publisher Neil Chamberlain evacuated during the storm, but said the October issue […]