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Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
ATLANTA -- The nation's largest publisher of newspapers serving the gay and lesbian community has shut down.Laura Douglas-Brown, editor of Southern Voice newspaper in Atlanta, said she arrived at work Monday to find the locks changed and a note saying parent company Window Media LLC had closed down.She said the company's other publications -- including the Washington Blade, Houston Voice and...
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Editor And Publisher (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... suddenly shuttered the SoVo, the Washington Blade and the rest of its gay-oriented newspapers and niche publications on Nov. 13, and last week filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation.Cash and Douglas-Brown, who are soliciting donations for the new gay news outlet through the Web site, said they will convene a community meeting sometime next week to solicit ideas, and a name,...
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365 Gay News (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Mainstream publications are writing more about gay and lesbian issues, reducing dependency on niche publications such as Window Media's.
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dl004d, in blog form (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The nation's largest gay newspaper publisher — Window Media — went out of business today. The company owned the Washington Blade , Houston Voice and South Florida Blade . According to Dorie Turner of the AP , one reason why the newspapers shut down is that "mainstream publications are writing more about gay and lesbian issues, reducing dependency on niche publications...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
ATLANTA — The nation's largest publisher of newspapers serving the gay and lesbian community has shut down. Laura Douglas-Brown, editor of Southern Voice newspaper in Atlanta, said she arrived at work Monday to find the locks changed and a note saying parent company Window Media LLC had closed down. She said the company's other publications – including the Washington Blade, Houston...
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On Deadline (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The AP reports that the company's financial troubles are linked to an industry-wide drop off in ads during the recession, but also the fact that mainstream publications are writing more about gay and lesbian issues once relegated to niche publications.
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boy culture (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... Out 's agenda should match Adam's entirely, it's the perfect—and a perfectly respectable—niche publication for him to do. I agree with his tenth point, only because I do think Hicklin was overreaching to say gay people are counting on Adam not to mess things up. I don't think it's about that or that it's fair to expect that of him. I do wish Mr. Vogel would respond to the complaint...
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E - Editors Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... available on their site and associated blogs, and the fact that The Spectator is a specialist/niche publication probably carried the day in terms of reader retention. It is for that reason that Greenish doesn't think that their model (or paid content in general) will work for everyone, newspapers in particular. "We don't have to appeal to the general reader as they have to...Newspapers...
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Gay Patriot (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
It appears so. The nation’s largest publisher of newspapers serving the gay and lesbian community has shut down. Laura Douglas-Brown, editor of Southern Voice newspaper in Atlanta, said she arrived at work Monday to find the locks changed and a note saying parent company Window Media LLC had closed down. She said the company’s other publications – including [...]
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
By Dorie Turner, Associated Press WriterATLANTA — The nation's largest publisher of newspapers serving the gay and lesbian community has shut down.Laura Douglas-Brown, editor of Southern Voice newspaper in Atlanta, said she arrived at work Monday to find the locks changed and a note saying parent company Window Media had closed down.She said the company's other publications — including the Washington...
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Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
ATLANTA (AP) — The nation's largest publisher of newspapers serving the gay and lesbian community has shut down.Laura Douglas-Brown, editor of Southern Voice newspaper in Atlanta, said she arrived at work Monday to find the locks changed and a note saying parent company Window Media LLC had closed down.She said the company's other publications — including the Washington Blade, Houston Voice...
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
ATLANTA — The nation's largest publisher of newspapers serving the gay and lesbian community has shut down.Laura Douglas-Brown, editor of Southern Voice newspaper in Atlanta, said she arrived at work Monday to find the locks changed and a note saying parent company Window Media LLC had closed down.She said the company's other publications — including the Washington Blade, Houston Voice and South...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Larry Elliott on the follow-up to Freakonomics It's 2005 and America is booming. House prices are up, unemployment is down, growth is strong. Alan Greenspan is at the controls and all is right with the world. All the big economic problems have been solved.Cue the publication of Freakonomics , a collaboration between Steven Levitt, a Chicago University professor, and a New York writer, Stephen...
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Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The ultra-niche publication, owned by American Express, was directly delivered to about 1 million Amex cardholders, and closed its final issue last week. According to Mediabistro, at least one person was laid off as a result of the shutdown.
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The Birmingham Business Journal (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Time Inc. is preparing a new round of job cuts that could precipitate the divestiture of some of the publishing conglomerate’s niche publications, including Southern Progress titles, an industry expert said.
