PlanetOut on the outs

As a previous subscriber to the Advocate, OUT and Gay.com I feel PlanetOuts' woes are based in bad management. In other words, they have brought this upon themselves.

They used to be grounded in their lgbt roots. You can't blame a company for wanting to make more money, but you don't cast out the baby with the bath water!

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The Advocate Magazine has gone way down over the years, it is a pamphlet. It is hard to feel sorry for bad management.

Maybe someday someone will produce a magazine for gay people of all ages and one that will include stories about gay people….and even photos of gay people.

The Advocate is on life support. The magazine once coexisted comfortably with its other competitors on the newsstand like the Washington Blade and the Bay Area Reporter. They use to whore themselves to politico-types and give away editorial integrity to bring a straight celebrity into the pages. But when it first appeared in 1967, The Advocate had a real mission. Now that mission is down the toilet, along with Planet Out. Why did they become such whores?

I will miss Advocate. In the years it’s been in print, it’s done some amazing work for our community. As for OUT; it’s unfortunate. But OUT lost it’s voice many years ago to greed, and instead strives to appease the advertiser…and ONLY the advertiser.

If you confuse a civil rights movement with celebrities, then you get what you deserve. No respect.

You might be interested to know that top executives are being offered $500K to stay on (to sink the proverbial ship even further) meanwhile the lower level employees are being axed and given next to nothing. This company was a disaster from the moment it decided to go public. Worst run company, ever.