Gay Magazine: CBS SUSPENDS ANDY ROONEY ...
CBS News humorist Andy Rooney, his future uncertain after a three-month suspension without pay, denies he made racial comments attributed to him in a gay magazine and said he wants to return to "60 Minutes."CBS News President David Burke told Rooney in a meeting that CBS would not tolerate racist remarks, according to a statement from Burke, who did not return phone calls for further comment on the suspension. Rooney denied making the comments, but "I...
Gay Magazine: GAY PRESS STRUGGLES FOR MAINSTREAM ADS
NEW YORK -- Like many other gay news publications, Outweek magazine wants to broaden its advertising base to include mainstream advertisers.But the New York-based weekly has taken a gamble that even the largest gay magazine, The Advocate, has shied away from. It eliminated its most lucrative ad category -- phone sex ads, which accounted for 35 percent of its revenues -- earlier this fall to make its pages more attractive to skittish national...
Gay magazine Fabulous targets lifestyles of 'matured' community
Five years working as supervisor of a mainly pornographic gay magazine convinced Toh Ogura, 38, that gays in Japan need a lifestyle magazine. Although a handful of pornographic magazines have been available, no lifestyle magazine targeted gays before Ogura started Fabulous in November. He now sees his magazine as a kind of Esquire for gay males."I believe there is a need for a gay lifestyle magazine that helps gay people establish their cultural identities and lifestyles,...