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 […]
OutSports’ Cyd Zeigler to be honored for groundbreaking coverage
by Chuck Colbert The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) will honor Cyd Zeigler, co-founder of OutSports.com, with its 2015 Lisa Ben Award on June 25 at a Los Angles fundraiser. The Lisa Ben Award for Achievement in Feature Coverage was […]
Phoenix’s Echo Magazine goes from biweekly to monthly
by Chuck Colbert Echo Magazine formally announced that, after publishing 26 issues a year for the past 25 years, the publication would transition into a monthly format with the magazine hitting newsstands on the third Thursday of every month. The change took effect […]
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 […]