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 19th year of publication with its June 2015 issue. BALTIMORE OUTLOUD entered its 13th year of publication with its May 15, 2015, […]
High court marriage decision sparks reporting and analysis
by Chuck Colbert On Friday, June 26 — just in time for LGBT Pride celebrations in several major cities — the U.S. Supreme Court handed the LGBT community one of its biggest legal victories in the decades-long struggle for full equality. In a […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: Get Out! Magazine of New York City
Interview with Publisher Mike Todd by Joe Siegel Geographic coverage area: New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. Year founded: 2009 Staff size and breakdown [writers, sales reps., etc.]: One employee (the publisher) and an outside design firm Average page count: 32-40 Key demographics: 60% […]
All 32 years of Dallas Voice now digitized and online
by Chuck Colbert The University of North Texas (UNT) has digitized and put online all 32 years of the Dallas Voice. Funding for the project came in part from a $20,000 grant from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Additional funds were […]
Washington Blade announces its first international news editor
by Chuck Colbert Michael K. Lavers, a reporter for the Washington Blade since 2012, has been named the newspaper’s first international news editor. The new position was created in recognition of the newspaper’s growing focus on LGBT issues worldwide. In addition to […]
Windy City’s Tracy Baim celebrates “Barbara Gittings: Gay Pioneer” in new book
by Chuck Colbert Tracy Baim, published author as well as executive editor of Chicago-based Windy City Times, has a new book out. “Barbara Gittings: Gay Pioneer” is the first full-length biography of the woman who has been called the mother of the […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com. SIDNEY ABBOTT, a longtime New York City-based activist and co-author of the 1971 book, “Sappho Was a Right-On Woman: A Liberated View of Lesbianism,” died on April 15, 2015, […]
New data shows LGBT buying power continuing to grow
by Chuck Colbert Newly released data and analysis by Washington, D.C.-based Witeck Communications estimates that America’s LGBT buying power for 2014 was $884 billion — up from $830 billion a year ago and $790 billion in 2012. In releasing the latest projection, […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: Boston Spirit Magazine
Interview with Publisher David Zimmerman by Joe Siegel Geographic coverage area: Boston and surrounding area Year founded: 2005 Staff size and breakdown [writers, sales reps., etc.]: Publisher, art director, editor in chief, managing editor, lifestyle editor, advertising sales representative, and freelance writers Average page […]
Interview with Sales and Development Director William Duffee-Braun by Joe Siegel Geographic coverage area: Atlanta Metro Region and other Southern cities Year founded: 1998, sold to DRT Media in 2011 Staff size and breakdown: Publisher, sales director, four sales representatives, editor, art […]