I have a very bad feeling about this. Perhaps it's my natural distrust of large private companies, but the first thing that came to my mind when I read this was "this is the gay version of AOL Time Warner." I just sense that this behemoth will do its best to stymie any competitors.
Think about it, how many other serious competitors does The Advocate have? (I'm excluding Out because they are pretty much in competition with Instinct, Genre, and arguably Attitude in the "let's put some twentysomething oiled-up Hitler Youth on the cover in the hopes that somebody will buy it" market) Practically none. All the other magazines are too busy selling lifestyle over actual news. The Advocate for the most part is the gay Newsweek. Now, I wouldn't be surprised if they decide to stop including actual news for a story about which butt implants are right for that perfect bubble butt. (Remember PlanetOut owns Gay.com which knows what it's selling as judged by the current campaign of a man with his briefs around his ankles.)
So if you are planning on starting your own gay-focused newsmagazine, you'd better start it right now.
2 comments:
Aw damn. Leave The Advocate alone, people!
Fuck planetOut. I worked for them as a freelancer and they didn't pay me for 6-months of work. Try to help out your own people and they screw you over.
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