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Two years later, Masters sought to establish a newspaper and founded ''LGNY'' (Which stood for "Lesbian-Gay New York"). ''LGNY'' published for eight years and was relaunched in 2002 as ''Gay City News''. |
Two years later, Masters sought to establish a newspaper and founded ''LGNY'' (Which stood for "Lesbian-Gay New York"). ''LGNY'' published for eight years and was relaunched in 2002 as ''Gay City News''. |
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Masters continued in his role as publisher until leaving the publication in 2015. He moved to Los Angeles and partnered with the Washington Blade to launch and publish the ''Los Angeles Blade'', now the only LGBT weekly newspaper serving Los Angeles.<ref>LosAngelesBlade.com</ref><ref>http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-troy-masters-troy-masters-midwilshre/</ref> |
Masters continued in his role as publisher until leaving the publication in 2015. He moved to Los Angeles and partnered with the ''[[Washington Blade]]'' to launch and publish the ''[[Los Angeles Blade]]'', now the only LGBT weekly newspaper serving Los Angeles.<ref>[LosAngelesBlade.com Los Angeles Blade offical website]</ref><ref>[http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-troy-masters-troy-masters-midwilshre/ Voyagela: Meet Masters Troy Masters Midwilshre]</ref> |
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''Gay City News'' current editor-in-chief is Paul Schindler, and the associate editor is Duncan Osborne. Its president and publisher is Victoria Schneps-Yunis.<ref name="gcn">{{cite news |url=https://www.gaycitynews.nyc/about/contact/ |title=Gay City News Staff |access-date=September 26, 2019 |newspaper=Gay City News |publisher=Victoria Schneps-Yunis |archive-date=September 26, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926202400/https://www.gaycitynews.nyc/about/contact/}}</ref> |
''Gay City News'' current editor-in-chief is Paul Schindler, and the associate editor is Duncan Osborne. Its president and publisher is Victoria Schneps-Yunis.<ref name="gcn">{{cite news |url=https://www.gaycitynews.nyc/about/contact/ |title=Gay City News Staff |access-date=September 26, 2019 |newspaper=Gay City News |publisher=Victoria Schneps-Yunis |archive-date=September 26, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926202400/https://www.gaycitynews.nyc/about/contact/}}</ref> |
Revision as of 05:02, 10 November 2020
Type | LGBT weekly newspaper |
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Owner(s) | Schneps Media |
Founder(s) | Troy Masters, Paul Schindler |
Publisher | Victoria Schneps-Unis |
President | Victoria Schneps-Unis |
Editor | Paul Schindler |
Founded | 1994 |
Language | English |
Headquarters | New York City |
Sister newspapers | The Villager, Long Island Press, Metro Philadelphia |
Website | www |
Gay City News now stylized as gcn is a free weekly newspaper based in New York City focusing on local and national issues relating to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.[1] It was founded in 1994 as Lesbian Gay New York, later LGNY, and was sold to Community Media LLC, owner of The Villager, in 2002, which renamed the publication.[2][3] It is the largest LGBT newspaper in the United States, with a circulation of 47,000.[4]
Gay City News came into existence after several incarnations. The newspaper began to form in the late 1980s after the collapse of the LGBT newsmagazine OUTWEEK (which came into existence in 1989 to compete against the then-dominant New York Native—which itself folded in 1997). OutWeek (stylized as OUTWEEK) was known for firebrand activist style journalism and provided coverage of a then nascent gay rights movement. It was one of the first publications to undertake scientific reporting on the growing AIDS crisis.
After an investor squabble that closed the magazine, Troy Masters, then an advertising director at OUTWEEK, led the formation of a group to create a new publication; that publication became known as QW (or QueerWeek), the first glossy gay magazine, and was funded by William F. Chafin. Chafin died before the publication could make a profit, and the magazine was closed upon his death.
Two years later, Masters sought to establish a newspaper and founded LGNY (Which stood for "Lesbian-Gay New York"). LGNY published for eight years and was relaunched in 2002 as Gay City News.
Masters continued in his role as publisher until leaving the publication in 2015. He moved to Los Angeles and partnered with the Washington Blade to launch and publish the Los Angeles Blade, now the only LGBT weekly newspaper serving Los Angeles.[5][6]
Gay City News current editor-in-chief is Paul Schindler, and the associate editor is Duncan Osborne. Its president and publisher is Victoria Schneps-Yunis.[7]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.presspassq.com/detail.cfm?id=64 Press Pass Q, July 2006
- ^ “NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS; The Newest Wrinkle In a Not So New Rivalry,” New York Times, May 12, 2002
- ^ “More news, more often,” The Advocate, June 11, 2002 (library card access required)
- ^ “New York Gay City News,” Echo Media
- ^ [LosAngelesBlade.com Los Angeles Blade offical website]
- ^ Voyagela: Meet Masters Troy Masters Midwilshre
- ^ "Gay City News Staff". Gay City News. Victoria Schneps-Yunis. Archived from the original on September 26, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2019.