Window Media LLC was a
gay press publishing
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holding company that acquired and operated
gay
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While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late ...
and
lesbian
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newspapers and
magazine
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s in the 2000s. In 2009 it ceased operations following bankruptcy.
Former publications
Newspapers
* ''
South Florida Blade''
* ''
Southern Voice''
* ''
Washington Blade
The ''Washington Blade'' is an LGBTQ newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area. The ''Blade'' is the oldest LGBTQ newspaper in the United States and third largest by circulation, behind the '' Philadelphia Gay News'' and the '' Gay City New ...
''
* ''
Houston Voice'' (first published as the ''
Montrose Star'')
Magazines
* ''
David Atlanta''
* ''Eclipse''
* ''411 Magazine''
* ''
Genre
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Financial history
On November 16, 2009, all publications under the holding company were closed.
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''David Atlanta'' and ''Washington Blade'' have since returned under new ownership.
References
LGBTQ-related mass media in the United States
Newspaper companies of the United States
2009 disestablishments in the United States
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