... yesterday’s news of the abrupt closure of the Washington Blade, among other gay papers owned by the same publishing ... verge of having marriage equality, and it would be real shame if the Blade wasn’t there to cover the victory,” said Deacon ... warn them about blackmailers and other scammers. In the ensuing decades, the Blade’s editors became more ambitious, switching to newsprint ...

... be able to restructure locally and continue and resume operating. That would include the Washington Blade, which is very important to the LGBT community. I will monitor this and see what I can find out, or if I could do anything about it. I’d have to get down to Lambda Rising in DC and see what is going on. If the Blade cannot continue operations, that leaves Metro Weekly web url ...

... ; courtesy of ‘NCinDC’ This morning at 11:20, the Washington Blade tweeted, “ ... , is closing today. Thank you for your support. (Keep following us for developments.)” The Blade was owned by Window Media, which also owned Southern ... alternating between down, up, and the Site Down page, probably under heavy load). The Blade has been a DC institution for 40 years, and its loss ...

... a Virginia-based company had bid on the assets of the Washington Blade and were in negotiations for takeover before yesterday's ... be completed, and that as a result he is unable to carry forward the Blade, its legacy, its employees, and its service to its community regionally and ... award-winning weekly newspaper not unlike the Blade in the and in same region, 2. its stated commitment to perpetuate ...

I guess we shouldn't be surprised that the shocking closure of the Washington Blade has a back story that illuminates that it wasn't ... the nation's Capitol. Though the negotiations for the buyout of the Blade involved the federal Small Business Administration (see ... the owners called the shots in the decision to shut down the Blade and Southern Voice. Small Business Administration ...

The Washington Blade, a 40-year-old gay newspaper in DC, was abruptly closed by its owner, Window ... pledged that they would, in some form, continue the publication. This afternoon, the Washington Post reports: At a coffee shop Tuesday ... plans for a vastly scaled-down issue. ... Naff said he and other former Blade staffers have been inundated with offers of help, from landlords willing to donate ...

It's 12:30 p.m. outside of the downtown offices of the former Washington Blade, which served as D.C.'s gay newspaper of record from 1969 until this morning. Just hours ago, the staff of the Blade learned that its parent company, Window Media, had filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, that the Blade was closed effective immediately, and that the paper's two dozen employees were all ...

... I don't have any reason to doubt it), then the venerable "Washington Blade" will be shutting down. I am in shock frankly. This is the 40th anniversary of the publication, and the Blade is a total institution here in Washington. I hope that the Blade will manage to weather this ... of NPR's show "Tell Me More" on the Blade journalist Lou Chibarro, Jr. (a 2009 Community ...

... been shut down. The LGBT publication's twitter feed first alerted us to what was going on just a little while ago: "Washington Blade, like all Window Media publications, is closing today. Thank you for your support. (Keep following us for developments.)" Sure enough, even the Blade's web site has been taken down. via dcist.com

... LGBT “paper of record,” the 40-year-old Washington Blade, sent shockwaves through LGBT advocacy and media circles, but ... staff is vowing to continue their work covering official Washington’s handling of LGBT politics and policy. The ... communicate to readers its intention to launch a news organization to replace the Blade.  It hopes to publish its first issue this Friday. Former ...

... lesbian newspapers closed are the Houston Voice, the Southern Voice, the Washington Blade, David Atlanta, the South Florida Voice and ... expressed an interest in 411 Magazine and the South Florida Blade, with 411 Magazine set to publish as Mark’ ... Magazine starting with the next issue. No significant changes to the magazine are expected. The Washington Blade will return as DC Agenda on December 4, ...

The Washington Blade, serving our community for 40 years, has closed its doors for good. While not totally surprising, the suddeness was a bit of a shock. The question now -- what becomes of the Blade's archive? I would hate to think that this archive, which covers our ... DC City Council for marriage equality on Dec 1 (the Blade's last front page headline), will be lost.

Original Author:  noreply@blogger.com (Lowell) Wow, I hope this is not true. D.C.-based Window Media LLC, the nation's largest gay and lesbian newspaper publisher is closing its operation. Window Media publishes the Washington Blade, South Florida Blade & 411 Magazine, Genre Magazine and Southern Voice.

The gay weekly Washington Blade closed yesterday, removing two comics from our purview - Mike Ritter's editorial cartoons and the irregularly published but regularly appearing comic strip Kyle's Bed and Breakfast. The Post is reporting now that the staffers plan to get a Friday edition out in spite of the dissolution of the parent company Windows Media.   The ...

... Staff Writer Tuesday, November 17, 2009 The Washington Blade, the weekly newspaper that chronicled the coming-out ... the verge of having marriage equality, and it would be real shame if the Blade wasn't there to cover the victory," said Deacon ... and warn them about blackmailers and other scammers. In the ensuing decades, the Blade's editors became more ambitious, switching to newsprint ...