The ''Pink Paper'' was a
UK publication covering
gay and
lesbian
A lesbian is a homosexual woman or girl. The word is also used for women in relation to their sexual identity or sexual behavior, regardless of sexual orientation, or as an adjective to characterize or associate nouns with female homosexu ...
issues published by Millivres Prowler Limited. Founded in 1987 as a newspaper, it switched to internet-only publication in June 2009. The decision to go online-only was announced in June 2009 and attributed to economic conditions, and at the time management said a printed version might reappear in the future.
A decision to close the website – again citing poor economic conditions – was taken in June 2012, with the site finally being shuttered in September 2012. The brand and assets remain in the ownership of Millivres Prowler.
As a tabloid newspaper, it had a circulation of over 40,000 in Britain (2006). It was distributed free in bars, clubs, libraries, community centres, businesses and other places.
''Pink Paper'' had regional correspondents around the country who filed stories from their area. They also covered national news stories. Comment, lifestyle, culture, celebrity interviews and gossip, travel, property and finance were also included in the ''Pink Paper''.
Past staff members include
Phil Reay-Smith, now of
ITN
Independent Television News (ITN) is a UK-based media production and broadcast journalism company. ITN is based in London, with bureaux and offices in Beijing, Brussels, Jerusalem, Johannesburg, New York City, New York, Paris, Sydney and Washin ...
;
Ben Summerskill, former chief executive of Stonewall; ''
SFX'' editor Darren Scott; author Peter Lloyd; writer
Adam Lowe;
and Tim Teeman of ''
The Times
''The Times'' is a British Newspaper#Daily, daily Newspaper#National, national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its si ...
''.
References
External links
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LGBT Archive, UK, Pink Paper wiki page* Survived by:
*
Gay Times*
Diva
LGBTQ-related newspapers published in the United Kingdom
LGBTQ-related mass media in the United Kingdom
Newspapers established in 1987
Publications disestablished in 2012
Defunct newspapers published in the United Kingdom
1987 establishments in the United Kingdom
2012 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Newspapers disestablished in 2009
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