The New York Blade ceases publication
Posted by Emily Dilling on July 2, 2009 at 4:45 AM
New York's free biweekly gay newspaper, The Blade, will halt publication after their publishing company, HX Media, was sold to an unidentified party The New York Times reported.
The sale has resulted in the firing of the Blade's editor in chief along with the entire staff of the newspaper. Matthew Bank, an executive at HX Media, said, "everyone was let go, but the people on The Blade know that they may come back if The Blade is coming back."
While the future of The Blade is unsure, Bank attributed with certainty the reasons for the suspension of publication saying, "the economy and the future of print media being more difficult was definitely weighing on us."
The sale has resulted in the firing of the Blade's editor in chief along with the entire staff of the newspaper. Matthew Bank, an executive at HX Media, said, "everyone was let go, but the people on The Blade know that they may come back if The Blade is coming back."
While the future of The Blade is unsure, Bank attributed with certainty the reasons for the suspension of publication saying, "the economy and the future of print media being more difficult was definitely weighing on us."
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