Comments on: From ‘newspaper of record’ to ‘app of record’ http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/04/26/from-%e2%80%98newspaper-of-record%e2%80%99-to-%e2%80%98app-of-record%e2%80%99/ the gay community's news source Sun, 19 May 2013 20:09:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: Skeeter Sanders http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/04/26/from-%e2%80%98newspaper-of-record%e2%80%99-to-%e2%80%98app-of-record%e2%80%99/#comment-22199 Skeeter Sanders Sat, 30 Apr 2011 12:54:54 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=22434#comment-22199 Congratulations to The Washington Blade on is redesign. It comes a year after the Blade made its triumphant return to the street vending boxes and newsstands of the nation’s capital and surrounding area.

The Blade now brands itself “America’s Leading Gay News Source.” Actually, the nation has TWO leading gay news sources. One is based in the nation’s political and governmental capital. The other is based in the nation’s undisputed LGBT capital.

Of course, I’m referring to the Blade and to San Francisco’s Bay Area Reporter. Both are the largest-circulation LGBT newspapers in America and have the two most-visited LGBT news Web sites. Both are the LGBT newspapers that the mainstream media take the most seriously in terms of news presentation.

And both can now rightfully claim to be America’s oldest LGBT newspapers, even though the Blade was founded in 1969 and the B.A.R. (as the San Francisco paper is affectionately known locally) began publishing two years later.

As a result of the five-month period between the Blade’s forced shutdown in November 2009 a month after celebrating its 40th anniversary and its triumphant return in April 2010, the B.A.R. — which just celebrated its own 40th anniversary — now boasts that it is “America’s oldest continuously-published LGBT newspaper,” having never missed a printing deadline — not even after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

As an online subscriber to both papers, never does a week go by when I’m not kept up to date on the latest LGBT news.

By the way, I do have one suggestion: that the Blade refer to itself as “America’s Leading LGBT News Source.” You know as well as I do that “gay” is generally understood to mean gay men and leaves out lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders.

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]]> By: Phil Reese http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/04/26/from-%e2%80%98newspaper-of-record%e2%80%99-to-%e2%80%98app-of-record%e2%80%99/#comment-21844 Phil Reese Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:02:17 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=22434#comment-21844 Thanks for the warm welcome, Kevin! You’re right–today there’s more happening in the LGBTQ community than ever before–from efforts to make schools safer, to moves to integrate the military, to advances in HIV/AIDS research and, as always, those traditional legislative goals of employment/public accommodation protections & relationship recognition. Its an exciting time to be moving to America’s most exciting city to help connect this work to America and the world!

]]> By: Colleen Dermody http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/04/26/from-%e2%80%98newspaper-of-record%e2%80%99-to-%e2%80%98app-of-record%e2%80%99/#comment-21798 Colleen Dermody Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:53:16 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=22434#comment-21798 Kevin, great explanation of the monumental changes in the news-media/news delivery landscape. Your success is a testament to the Blade’s current leadership and the nimbleness, dedication and creativity of its staff. Also, thanks for the plug and congratulations on reaching another milestone in the wonderfully uplifting story of Team Blade. You all rock!

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