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Bay Windows seeks donations

By adamg on Thu, 03/28/2013 - 3:47pm

The 31-year-old LGBT newspaper says it's been hit by the decline in newspaper advertising revenue just like every other print outlet and hopes contributions could let it continue to offer print and online versions without a fee.

Update: Headline changed; see comment below from publisher Sue O'Connell.

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By anon on Thu, 03/28/2013 - 5:00pm.

I'd hate to see Bay Windows go, it's such an institution. But they do need to jazz things up a bit, they have become bland. They've got one great new columnist, Scott Kearnan, who isn't afraid to tell it like it is, pro or con. But the other columnists are so predictable in their politically correct adherence to the mainstream gay agenda that I always know what their columns will say before I even read them. I prefer the edgier Rainbow Times.

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By eeka on Thu, 03/28/2013 - 8:49pm.

I will read Bay Windows, but it isn't terribly exciting. It's soooo middle-class and middle-aged and bland. If they covered more of the queer community and came off as more of an independent, grassroots sort of organization, maybe more community members would realize they needed money. I had no idea until I saw this that they didn't have plenty of it from the $100-per-plate-fundraiser-attending people who seem to be their readership.

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By anon on Thu, 03/28/2013 - 10:21pm.

It makes me yearn for the days of GCN. Now, there was some edge.

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By sueoconnell on Fri, 03/29/2013 - 9:21am.

We're not sinking or folding—just exploring new revenue models so we can improve our quality and depth of coverage.

Please contact me if you'd like to contribute a blog, or review, or let me know what we are missing. I welcome your involvement.

Our beat is the lgbt community, teen to senior citizens. As in any long term relationship (we turn 31 this year) we have to work hard to stay fresh and exciting. Reader generated revenue will help.

Thanks for your comments,

Sue O'Connell, Co-Publisher

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By eeka on Fri, 03/29/2013 - 11:56am.

Your website has a submission form for letters to the editor, but no general contact form easily locatable.

Also, by using forms instead of having e-mail addresses readily available, it makes it harder for organizations to just include you every time they send out a press release, invitation, notice, appeal, etc. Most people aren't going to go paste stuff into your submission box every time they do a mass e-mailing about something going on in the queer community.

Or even at all, when the only contact you seem to be welcoming is letters to the editor.

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