Staff of shuttered DC Blade starts new gay paper
Originally printed 11/26/2009 (Issue 1748 - Between The Lines News)
WASHINGTON (AP) -
The Washington Blade may have been shuttered, but the staff behind the oldest U.S. newspaper for gays and lesbians is still hard at work.
On Friday, they relaunched their publication as D.C. Agenda. The eight-page newsletter's top headline is "Our mission continues."
The staff is working on a 16-page edition for this week and hope to be back on newsprint by Dec. 4. They got zero severance pay after Window Media abruptly closed the Blade and gay publications in Atlanta and Miami last week. Donations are keeping them going.
Editor Kevin Naff spent Friday delivering the new publication to news stands.
Publisher Lynne Brown is reorganizing the newspaper, possibly as an employee-owned company, with free help from lawyers. They hope to reclaim the Blade archives in bankruptcy court.
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