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Largest Gay Newspaper Publisher Shuts Down
http://jellytoast.wordpress.com/ ^ | 11/16/09 | freemike

Posted on 11/16/2009 4:29:36 PM PST by freemike

The largest publisher of newspapers serving the gay and lesbian community in the US has shut down.

Laura Douglas-Brown, editor of Southern Voice newspaper in Atlanta, said she arrived at work today to find the locks changed and a note saying parent company Window Media LLC had closed down.UKGuardian

"Window Media long provided a very special outlet for the gay community to learn about itself way before there were a lot of other places to find that type of thing," said Michael Musto, an openly gay writer for the Village Voice in New York, which is owned by Village Voice Media Holdings. "This was the gay community writing about itself, and that's a voice we should never lose."

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TOPICS: Government; History; Politics; Religion
KEYWORDS: dc; homosexualagenda; liberalmedia; musto; theend; washingtonblade
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1 posted on 11/16/2009 4:29:37 PM PST by freemike
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To: freemike

Schadenfreude


2 posted on 11/16/2009 4:30:40 PM PST by WashingtonSource
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To: freemike

Well that su ks! Hahahahaha!!


3 posted on 11/16/2009 4:31:29 PM PST by steel_resolve
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To: freemike

Who needs a gay newspaper?

They fill all MSM newsrooms, anchor spots, newspaper staffs, writers, editors, reporters, all Hollywood TV shows and motion pics, all entertainment mags, and Madison Ave.


4 posted on 11/16/2009 4:33:28 PM PST by roses of sharon (A warrior assumes that he is already dead, so he might as well fight.)
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To: freemike

Leaving everything else aside, that’s no way to treat employees.


5 posted on 11/16/2009 4:33:37 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: freemike

I thought the New York Times was the largest gay newspaper?


6 posted on 11/16/2009 4:33:37 PM PST by mountn man (The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
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7 posted on 11/16/2009 4:34:14 PM PST by narses ("These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.")
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To: freemike

Well, I guess that proves gays are really only 2 % of the population instead of the 10 % lie we have been told .


8 posted on 11/16/2009 4:35:01 PM PST by Popman
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To: freemike

Even the not so mainstream media is suffering.


9 posted on 11/16/2009 4:36:21 PM PST by Misterioso (The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow. -- Ayn Rand)
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To: steel_resolve

Gives new meaning to “getting shafted”.


10 posted on 11/16/2009 4:36:46 PM PST by baltoga
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To: EDINVA

Several years ago I heard rumors one day at work and the next day the doors were locked and lights were out when I got to the office.


11 posted on 11/16/2009 4:37:15 PM PST by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013 The end of an error.)
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To: Popman

Good catch.


12 posted on 11/16/2009 4:38:09 PM PST by Misterioso (The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow. -- Ayn Rand)
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To: freemike

Barney will find them some ‘stimulus’ money......


13 posted on 11/16/2009 4:39:08 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Fight Crime. Shoot Back.)
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To: rdl6989

Sorry you had to go through that. By the time management and the finance team get to a shut down, they have had plenty of time to at least warn employees and let them know the options before them. I just think it’s an atrocious management practice, which I guess helped get them to the shut down to begin with.


14 posted on 11/16/2009 4:39:33 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: freemike

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH


15 posted on 11/16/2009 4:49:07 PM PST by taillightchaser (When a democrat says "The American people" you know the next words out of his mouth will be lies.)
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To: freemike

Why don’t they put Levi Johnston on the front page?

That should sell some papers. sarc/


16 posted on 11/16/2009 5:07:29 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (A Jimmy Carter got us a Ronald Reagan.....a Barack Obama will get us a Sarah Palin)
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To: freemike
Largest Gay Newspaper Publisher Shuts Down

Dang......I thought that segment was so large that nothing could fail

17 posted on 11/16/2009 5:11:39 PM PST by Outlaw Woman (I will die on my feet before I live on my knees.)
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To: taillightchaser

selling ad space to only one client - KY Jelly - can only take a newspaper so far.....


18 posted on 11/16/2009 5:14:25 PM PST by Cyclone59 (I ROCK, Guitar Hero said so........)
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To: freemike
ya know the economy is hard when even the fags don't have spending money to waste
19 posted on 11/16/2009 5:18:25 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
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To: freemike

Corporate media will continue to shoot themselves in the foot by relying on archaic ‘rate cards’ and expecting the majority of revenue to come knocking at their door. They do not want, nor intend to, create relationships with their advertisers, and instead just view it as a revenue stream.

The advertising money is out there, advertisers are wanting to advertise, just look at your local independent newspaper in your town, and how many ads there are compared to the local corporate publication.


20 posted on 11/16/2009 5:21:53 PM PST by kingu (Party for rent - conservative opinions not required.)
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