Global LGBT survey looking to partner with media outlets
by Chuck Colbert Community Marketing Inc. (CMI), a gay-owned San Francisco-based consumer-research company, is gearing up to launch its 10th Anniversary LGBT Community Survey. The survey will be fielded April 15-May 31. LGBT media outlets can register now at http://survey.communitymarketinginc.com/se.ashx?s=359D342B75BD7AF5. This is the largest […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com. BETWEEN THE LINES, based in Livonia, Mich., entered its 24th year of publication with its January 7, 2016, issue. MARK ANTHONY DINGBAUM has joined the CLINTON FOUNDATION as deputy […]
Frontiers news editor Karen Ocamb laid off by new owners
by Chuck Colbert Frontiers Magazine news editor and veteran journalist Karen Ocamb broke the story in a Feb. 25 Facebook posting: “I was just laid off as news editor of Frontiers Magazine and FrontiersMedia.com. The company, Multimedia Platforms Worldwide, is making major […]
Survey says: LGBTs prefer Hillary over Bernie, 48%-41%
by Chuck Colbert According to a recent Community Marketing & Insights (CMI) survey of LGBTs, Hillary Clinton topped Bernie Sanders by a seven-point margin, 48 percent to 41 percent. The question asked respondents, “Which candidate would you vote for, if the election […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: GED Magazine of Long Beach, Calif.
Interview with Director of Sales and Marketing Christopher Jackson by Joe Siegel Geographic coverage area: California, Las Vegas Year Founded: 2013 Staff size and breakdown: 5 – editor in chief, creative director, art director, director of social media, contributing writer (features) Physical […]
GUEST COMMENTARY: PGN’s 40th anniversary is a sentimental time
by Mark Segal Mark Segal, publisher of Philadelphia Gay News, is the nation’s most award-winning commentator in LGBT media. His best selling memoir “And Then I Danced, Traveling the Road to Equality’” is available at amazon.com, Barnes and Noble.com or your favorite […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com. AMBUSH, based in New Orleans, entered its 34th year of publication with its January 5, 2016, issue. BAY AREA REPORTER, based in San Francisco, entered its 46th year of […]
Colorado’s Out Front battles Outfront Media
by Joe Siegel What’s in a name? In the case of Out Front, everything — including its very existence. The Denver-based LGBT magazine is ensconced in a legal battle with Outfront Media Inc., one of the country’s largest outdoor advertising businesses. The […]
Cleveland’s Gay People’s Chronicle closes, now up for sale
by Chuck Colbert Gay People’s Chronicle (GPC), based in Cleveland, Ohio, has ceased publication. Its last issue was volume 31, issue 13, dated December 25, 2015. News of the paper’s closing came in email correspondence from Dave Ebbert, advertising sales manager, to […]
by Mark Segal Mark Segal, publisher of Philadelphia Gay News (PGN), is the nation’s most award-winning commentator in LGBT media. His best selling memoir “And Then I Danced, Traveling the Road to Equality’” is available at amazon.com, Barnes and Noble.com or your […]