After reading the revelation we posted earlier today about corruption in the gay media, a few of you may still be shaking your heads thinking David Chinn and yours truly here at Queerty are making a big deal out of an isolated situation. In the interest of clarity, here's an example of your typical P.R. pitch to the gay press these days:

From: XXX@paramount.com Ortiz, Daniel - Paramount
To: holla@queerty.com
Subject: Dreamgirls - Live the Dream

Hi-

I wanted to personally let you know we are launching a new contest this week at www.dreamgirls-dvd.com called "Dreamgirls - Live the Dream Sweepstakes" to promote Dreamgirls, on DVD May 1st. The sweepstakes involves users submitting videos of themselves singing their favorite Dreamgirls songs for a chance to win a $5,000 "Dream Prize Package" and the winners will be viewed by Dreamgirls director Bill Condon and producer Laurence Mark.

I was hoping we could get an item on Queerty because we would love you to help us get the word out! And in exchange for your help, I will send you the special edition DVD as well as the exclusive playbill from the LA/NY screenings-a collector's item.

Thanks for your help!

Daniel Ortiz
PHE / PARAMOUNT.COM
Interactive Marketing, Home Entertainment

Did he just pitch a story and offer a DVD to Queerty "In exchange for our help"?! That doesn't sound too ethical. Of course, Paramount's P.R. machine is just doing its job, and even if we don't run a story on Dreamgirls they love the blog and would be happy to send us the schwag anyway...right?

See what happens after the jump...

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Derrick Chinn penned an excellent feature for Press Pass Q about the dire straits of gay media and the unbelievable extent of its corruption. Because it's a critical essay that doesn't plug any advertisers or promote any local bars, its chances of being syndicated were zilch, so we thought we'd plug it here.

Chinn's piece is eye-opening and full of fun bits of gay media trivia—like, for example, did you know that in the gay media it's totally cool for an editor to run a story written by a publicist for one of his clients as long as it's "simply well written." Who knew?

Well, now you know.

“Junk Mail” Journalism: Blurring the Line Between Original Reporting and Public Relations [Press Pass Q]

When we posted this morning essentially declaring it open season at Queerty on tips, gossip and gay scandal, we should have known that the first nasty bit of insider filth we'd receive would be from a disgruntled ex-employee of a gay rag we used to work at here in New York. We also shouldn't have been surprised to find that the second "anonymous" tip we were sent was from a former employee of the other mag we used to call hell away from home.

Both messages were filled with all sorts of nastiness and calls for us to "finally tell it like it is" in with all array of accompanying profanity. One e-mail also contained a hilarious attachment of a photo Next Magazine's Associate Publisher would probably rather forget, and after a little prying we were able to get our hands on an equally hilarious photo of the office of HX's Editor-in-Chief Brandon Voss (who's not even in the photo—though he'd probably just as soon not have HX Magazine's readers aware of his Paris Hilton obsession). We figured why bother with profanity when a picture says so much more?

Both photos after the jump!

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Those kids over at Next Magazine have great senses of humor. You may recall our totally conjectured post yesterday in which we passed along some gossip concerning editor Gregory T. Angelo's unceremonious sacking - a sacking one source said would be presented as an amicable split. Another source confirmed the existence of said press release, but would say no more.

Well, today we received what Nexters claim to be the release. It's possibly one of the funniest things we've ever read. So says Associate Publisher Jeff Woodward:

The important thing is that Gregory T. Angelo’s reign of terror is officially over... It’s going to be difficult to pick up the pieces, though. But if my years in publishing taught me one thing, it’s that in the aftermath of Gregory T. Angelo’s historically epic failure, Next Magazine needed the best Editor money could buy. Unfortunately our budgets don’t allow for that kind of spending, so we got the best Editor we could afford. I’m proud to announce that Justin Ocean will be assuming the responsibilities as Editor of Next Magazine starting Monday, January 29.

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We totally approve of The Advocate’s selection of Kerry Pacer as their “Person of the Year.” Having to fight hard for a gay-straight alliance club in her homophobic high school (whose non-discrimination policy neglects to include sexual orientation) is brave as shit. To use one of Dubya's phrases, she stayed the course and and we love her for it.

Pacer’s so cute in that sweater, torn jeans, and that adorable “look at me, I’m on the cover of The Advocate and you’re not” sneer.” What’s not to like?

We’re sure her life will change the same way every average citizen’s does once they make the cover of a national magazine; She’s going to be getting more tail than she can handle.

Lezzies will be breaking the door down to get to her now.

Instinct magazine is many things to many people but Pope Benedict XVI has never spoken favorably of the publication. Queerty finds especially relevant to social progress Instinct’s monthly Mom and/or Dad of the Month column, in which a homo relates how his parents accept his gayness. The Instinct website, always a fun place to surf, offers some amusing, free e-cards, to help us keep the GLBT in the WWW.

Happily for Instinct, it is a gay print media success story. The mag’s circulation gains in the past few years have caused many straight publications the media equivalent of penis envy. Audited by BPA Worldwide, Instinct’s circulation was found to have come in at 11.4% above its rate base guarantee for the past year. Translation for non-media types: advertisers will be more eager than ever to place pages in the mag.

Irreverence, of course, is an endearing Instinct specialty. This writer’s current horoscope, for example, reads: “Today’s a good day to do little, unexpected nice things for other people in your office. Like sleeping with them.”