Washington Blade back on newsstands Friday
Posted on April 29, 2010
Filed Under 365Gay, News
It’s Washington Blade. No, it’s DC Agenda [1]. No, it’s Washington Blade, again.
The Washington Blade, Washington, D.C.’s 40-year-old LGBT publication, will be returning to newsstands on Friday under its original name. In November, Windows Media, which owned the Blade and a host of other LGBT publications across the country, went belly up [2], declaring bankruptcy and unexpectedly telling employees the publications would cease.
Immediately, former staffers of the Blade created DC Agenda, an online LGBT news site.
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This week, DC Agenda’s owners announced a win in bankruptcy court that included being awarded the Blade name, all trademarks and copyrights and the entire 40-year archive.
DC Agenda surveyed readers on whether to return to the Washington Blade name. The majority of respondents favored the move.
“The power, effectiveness and strength of the Washington Blade came from the spirit and intensity of those who wrote the stories and worked with the local community,” publisher Lynne Brown told DC Agenda [4]. “We now have the opportunity to both restore and refresh a powerful, venerable news gathering institution and to make the treasure trove of our vibrant gay rights and liberation movement history accessible to the public.
[1] http://www.dcagenda.com
[2] http://www.365gay.com/news/goodbye-washington-blade/
[3] http://www.365gay.com/wp-content/uploads/news-washington-blade-top.jpg
[4] http://www.dcagenda.com/2010/04/26/washington-blade-returns-this-week/
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