Comments on: Paul Colichman Assures Advocate Readers The Sky Isn't Falling. Yet

By: Scott NYC

Scott NYC — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:35:31 +0000

Good-bye Advocate. Please tell me HRC is next. GLAAD, too.

By: terrwill

terrwill — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:01:16 +0000

I can't figger this one out. Out has zero articles, so-so photo spreads, basically a fashion mag. Advocate has lessened its features and articles with each issue. Its pretty sad that the community cant fork over @20.00 a year for a magazine that at one time had a lot of features that were important to the community.

By: Puck

Puck — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:12:10 +0000

Fuck that shit, I want to buy the Advocate, not OUT. They are going to lose customers by doing so, mainly me.

By: Lady Ga-Gasp

Lady Ga-Gasp — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:48:56 +0000

In the letter, Colichman claims that Advocate online is exploding with traffic versus a year ago. This is simply not true. Most metrics are flat, and only a minor increase has been gained (from the relaunch of gay.com, where stories now out-link to Advocate and Out in order to jack up their respective traffic). Gee, this all feels very deja vous all over again. He also doesn't say what they plan to do for Out & Advocate subscribers now that the two are combined.

By: Keith Kimmel

Keith Kimmel — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:41:07 +0000

I guess time will tell. Hopefully they dont gut the quality of the publication as they make it an insert. But consolidation likely is a smart move. Its always been cheaper to mail one large item than two smaller ones seperately and the cost per copy goes down as the print run goes up.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:39:07 +0000

Doesn't Colichman's letter pretty much confirm just about everything that was in the Queerty story last week? Well, except for the stuff he flat-out ignores (the doubling of health insurance deductions for staff, the massive layoffs, the not paying contributors, etc.)?