More Gay Mergers!!

CamCruise · 05-13-2007, 01:18 AM

IN LA Magazine is taking over Frontiers News magazine.

http://wehonews.com/z/wehonews/archi...articleID=1316

**XXXWriterDude** · 05-14-2007, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by CamCruise

IN LA Magazine is taking over Frontiers News magazine.

http://wehonews.com/z/wehonews/archi...articleID=1316

I write for both these publications. The owners of IN are very happy to no longer have any competition. They intend to keep Frontiers running with its current staff. I will continue to write for both.

CamCruise · 05-14-2007, 06:25 PM

Originally Posted by XXXWriterDude

I write for both these publications. The owners of IN are very happy to no longer have any competition. They intend to keep Frontiers running with its current staff. I will continue to write for both.

Good to hear. The guys at In have alway been nice to us as well.

**XXXWriterDude** · 05-14-2007, 06:31 PM

Originally Posted by CamCruise

Good to hear. The guys at In have alway been nice to us as well.

IN was the first magazine to give me a job when I landed in L.A. six years ago. I've been writing for them ever since.

**A_DeAngelo** · 05-14-2007, 11:38 PM

I think that we will see limits to the creative, philosophical and intellectual perspectives in one of the most significant gay markets in the world - print is struggling to compete with the internet - there is no question that advertising revenues in print are rapidly shrinking

but does anyone under 35 really care about print (in a traditional sense) any longer?

**XXXWriterDude** · 05-15-2007, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by A_DeAngelo

I think that we will see limits to the creative, philosophical and intellectual perspectives in one of the most significant gay markets in the world - print is struggling to compete with the internet - there is no question that advertising revenues in print are rapidly shrinking

but does anyone under 35 really care about print (in a traditional sense) any longer?

People have been saying that for years, but the thing is, both IN and Frontiers have been doing well and continue to do well. Frontiers is, as it's been said, "a cash cow."

I think the gay rags especially will continue to serve a vital purpose in the community, since when people come to a city for the first time, one of the very first things they tend to pick up are the freebie arts & entertainment/nightlife publications to find out what's going on and where the hip places are. Not everybody travels with an Internet connection, and there just is no replacement for having something that you can grab and take back to your motel room and put on the coffee table for a quick resource or something to read while you're sunbathing or what have you.

There simply is no replacement for print, and never will be.