LPI Media

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LPI Media
RevenueIncrease US$29.0 million (2005)[1]

LPI Media (formerly Liberation Publications Inc.)

The Advocate and Out magazines were the two largest circulation LGBT magazines in the United States, each with corresponding websites, Advocate.com and OUT.com.[1]

Additional publications included Out Traveler,

bisexual people.[1]

They were also parent owners of Specialty Publications, which produces adult (

pornographic) publications MEN, formerly Advocate Men, FreshMen, Unzipped, and [2]. Specialty Publications was one of the largest gay adult erotica web and video production companies in the world.[6]

History

Liberation Publications began with a police raid at the Black Cat bar in Los Angeles in 1966, prompting a handful of gay men to start a mimeographed sheet newsletter for the gay community. This grew into The Advocate magazine the following year and remained the only US LGBT magazine for nearly 25 years.[7][8]

In February 2000, Liberation acquired Out Publishing Inc., which publishes Out and HIV Plus magazines.[9] Then president and chief executive of Liberation, James Franklin, said the deal would "move the print properties into the electronic arena" and added that the Internet was popular with gay and lesbian readers because of "the closet factor."[9] PlanetOut attempted in March 2000 to merge with LPI, but this was called off in March 2001.

Out Traveler, a magazine spin-off of Out, launched in 2003.[3]

In November 2005, LPI merged with

Planet Out, which mainly has developed online properties to become the world's largest media company targeting LGBT communities. LPI's "solid accounts list of fashion, retail and consumer packaged goods advertisers" was cited among its strong selling points.[1] Criticism of the merger centered on two aspects: that a consolidation of national media outlets of a minority community is unlikely to add diversity of voices; and that the publications were established and supported in an effort to secure human rights for gays and lesbians but now are instead delivering a market share
to corporations.

In April 2008, press reports said that the magazines published by LPI as well as the porn magazines published by Specialty Publications were to be sold by PlanetOut to

here!, a cable television network catering to LGBT audiences.[10][11]
A
Alyson Publications.[12]

The Advocate

Main article:
The Advocate (LGBT magazine)

Out

Main article: Out (magazine)

HIV Plus

HIV Plus magazine is based in

Anne-Christine d'Adesky in 1998. Instead of subscriptions, the "national magazine [is] distributed at doctors' offices and organizations offering services for people with AIDS" including AIDS service organizations, HIV community-based groups, and physicians' offices as well as other qualifying groups and organizations. It offers "the latest stories on research, economics, and treatment".[13]
HIV Plus provides "news that raises awareness of HIV-related cultural and policy developments in the United States and throughout the world", including issues of "cultural stereotypes about incarceration, drug use, and HIV."

I was the AIDS and Health Editor at OUT Magazine for a couple of years, and I found that the scientific information I needed to report was getting increasingly complex. While there was a small group of long-time activists who had amassed a lot of technical expertise, the vast majority of my readers didn't have this background, and many of them needed to be making treatment decisions for themselves. So I started HIV Plus in 1998, to address this gap. During my tenure as editor, I tried to provide state-of-the-art science reporting that was accessible at different levels, so that anyone who cared could become engaged, and have some say in the ongoing dialogue. - Anne-Christine d'Adesky[14]

Writers and contributors include contributing fitness editor Sam Jensen Page and columnist LeRoy Whitfield, whose "Native Tongue" column ran in HIV Plus magazine starting in May 2004 and was "one of the magazine's most popular features."[15]

Alyson Publications

Main article:
Alyson Publications

2006 Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual category.[16]

Specialty Publications

Main article: Specialty Publications

LPI Media was the parent company of Specialty Publications, a publisher of adult gay

Bel Ami, Falcon, and others; it specializes in young but not twinkish
men, primarily 18 to 25 but some to age 30. Other items, such as calendars and playing cards, are also published using the same label.

"Freshman of the Year" contests are held, with many fledgling porn stars going on to greater success including Sebastian Bonnet, Roman Heart, Dick McKay, Zack Randall,[18] Marcus Allen,[19] and Billy Brandt.[20]

Specialty Publications also produced Unzipped and [2], making it one of the largest gay adult erotica web and video production companies in the world.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Goodson, Deborah (November 9, 2005). "Howard Rice Represents PlanetOut Inc. in Acquisition of LPI Media Inc". Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin. Archived from the original on March 29, 2006. Retrieved March 29, 2006.
  2. ^ a b c Hemscott Americas (28 December 2007). "LPI Media Inc. Company Profile". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 2007-12-28.
  3. ^ a b c "Homepage". Out Traveler. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  4. ^ "The Four Questions". Magazine Publishers of America. 2007. Archived from the original on December 11, 2007. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  5. ^ "PlanetOut and Publisher of the Advocate Sign Letter of Intent to Merge and Form Powerful New Media Company". Business Library. March 22, 2000. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Lewis, Mary Grace; Sobel, Ariel (4 August 2018). "18 Dead LGBT Magazines Worth Remembering". Advocate. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  7. ^ Wieder, Judy (November 12, 2022). "Happy birthday to us - letter from the editor in chief". BNET Research Center. Archived from the original on January 8, 2008. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  8. ^ Fost, Dan (7 September 2000). "PlanetOut Expands Its Universe: Gay media gets big as Web firm acquires print magazines". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on April 17, 2001. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  9. ^ a b Kuczynski, Alex (23 March 2000). "THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Merger to Link Gay Print and Internet Outlets". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  10. ^ Sass, Erik (2008-04-14). "PlanetOut Is Out Of Publishing (And $26 Million)". MediaDailyNews. Archived from the original on 2009-06-09.
  11. ^ Bajko, Matthew (2008-04-10). "Breaking news: PlanetOut to sell off magazines". Bay Area Reporter. Archived from the original on 2009-06-09.
  12. ^ "Planetout Inc · 8-K · For 8/13/08". Fran Finnegan & Company. 2008-08-13. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  13. ^ "HIV/AIDS Online Magazines". Valleyaidsinfo.org. Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
  14. ^ "Awards of Courage". amfAR. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  15. ^ "LeRoy Whitfield, 36, Dies; Wrote of AIDS Battle". The New York Times. October 16, 2005. Archived from the original on May 29, 2015. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  16. ^ a b "Homepage". Lambda Literary Foundation. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  17. ^ "Freshmen magazine launches national tour". Gay. September 15, 2006. Archived from the original on November 6, 2007. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  18. ^ "WORD UP!: JD Ferguson Presents the Porn Stars: Zack Randall". Papermag. 2007-05-25. Archived from the original on 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  19. ^ http://www.23hq.com/silent_monster/photo/1410975. Retrieved 2013-11-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. ^ "Actors - Billy Brandt". eBay. Archived from the original on August 14, 2007. Retrieved June 15, 2023.

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