The New York Blade

Type	LGBT Weekly newspaper
Format	Tabloid, 52 pages/issue
Owner	HX Media, LLC
Publisher	HX Media, LLC
Editor	Trenton Straube
Founded	1997
Language	English
Headquarters	New York
Circulation	100,000

The New York Blade was a weekly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) newspaper in New York City, New York. The Blade was a member of the National Gay Newspaper Guild, and contains news, entertainment, classified ads, and free personals for men and women.

[edit] History

The New York Blade was started in 1997 as a New York edition of the Washington Blade. The original founding came under fire from gay rights advocates because of indications that Wilbur Ross would be involved with the paper.^[1]

The paper, along with the Washington Blade, was acquired by Window Media, LLC in 2001, and then sold to HX Media in 2007.^[2] The paper suspended publications in July 2009.

[edit] References

1. ^ Kurtz, Howard (October 6, 1997), "Straight Angle", The Washington Post, http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/16858728.html?dids=16858728:16858728&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT, retrieved 2007-12-04 
2. ^ PR Newswire (March 23, 2001), Window Media Purchases Washington Blade and New York Blade News, http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/prnewswire/access/69934418.html?dids=69934418:69934418&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT, retrieved 2007-12-04 

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