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January 07, 2005
Here is an example of the problem print media increasingly faces, especially weeklies, as blogs take news into a real-time discussion and the advertising revenue that is beginning to follow. Today's Southern Voice, a Window Media publication, incorrectly states:
The Human Rights Campaign is keeping secret the names of 25 people selected to pick a replacement for Cheryl Jacques, who was forced to resign after just 11 months as executive director.
[HRC begins search for new executive director - Southern Voice - 01-07-05]
Besides the fact that most of Window Media (Washington Blade, New York Blade, Southern Voice, Houston Voice) reports today are old news to readers here and on other blogs, HRC published the names yesterday. Yet, for a full week, the Southern Voice will inaccurately proclaim this news story in their print version throughout the South's LGBT community.
Where will the LGBT community turn for the real story? As recent survey data concludes, they will come online. As recent news stories report, online media is already costing print millions as advertisers seek measurable results. Advertisers, take note.
filed under: Fact Check
November 17, 2004
GaySpaces.org was described in today's Winnipeg Sun as listing "a number of hosts" for the supposed crush of gay and lesbian Americans fleeing for Canada. I only counted five people in the entire country offering their homes through the website, however, and no one seems to have taken them up on their offers.
A Canadian couple has launched an online billeting program to help gay Americans trying to flee their homeland. 'BIG DECISION'The re-election of U.S. President George W. Bush and the U.S. movement to ban gay marriage has inspired some homosexuals to consider immigration to Canada. Through his website, gayspaces.org, Larry Dickinson of Fredericton, N.B., is rolling out the red carpet to ease the transition.
[Billet a gay American? - Winnipeg Sun - 11-17-04]
filed under: Fact Check
October 29, 2004
The New York Blade, Washington Blade, and Southern Voice are re-writing history with the following claim:
PlanetOut made history on Oct. 14 when it became the first gay company to be publicly traded on NASDAQ.
[PlanetOut 1st on stock exchange - Window Media - 10-29-04]
PlanetOut definitely made history, but as the second gay company to go public on the NASDAQ. G Society was the first gay company publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol GSOC. It was also the first to fail. Hopefully PlanetOut will do much better.
filed under: Fact Check
