Washington Blade is re-launched as 'DC Agenda'

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The staff of the Washington Blade, a 40-year-old gay weekly in D.C. that was shut down unceremoniously Monday morning, has relaunched the paper under a new name: D.C. Agenda.

With just a few days, no office and some donations, the volunteer staff, led by erstwhile Blade publisher Lynne Brown and editor Kevin Naff, got out a print and online product with a handful of local gay-interest stories.

"The strength of the Washington Blade did not lie in its brand name -- it came from the spirit of those who worked passionately to serve and inform our community. Those people are still here. Our work continues," Naff wrote in a letter to readers.

Naff also wrote that the Agenda will continue to cover the Blade's beats, including "Congress, the White House, the LGBT rights movement, the D.C. marriage fight local hate crimes."

He revealed that the paper's parent company, which went out of business with no warning to the staff, had canceled final paychecks and offered no severance.
http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/blade-re-launched-as-dc-agenda.php?ref=fpblg

Glad they are back up in some form. The Blade has been an important part of gay culture.

[EFerrari]

1. That's amazing.

And who was the parent company? My brain won't give it to me but eff them!

[KamaAina]

2. It was Window Media LLC

:grr:

edit: there was a sleazy investment fund involved. And what about the other cities besides DC? (notably Atlanta)

[EFerrari]

5. Thank you. I don't remember and didn't bookmark that one. Darn. n/t

[KamaAina]

3. Now we really can shove the gay Agenda down right-wingers' throats!

:P

[joeybee12]

4. The Blade lost credibility with me when they hired Jeff Gannon as a paid

contributor...geesh!

[rocktivity]

6. Yes, I remember it well

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=221&topic_id=19127

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