Three prominent gay publications close after bankruptcy

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More LGBT print publications are closing down

The Southern Voice an Atlanta Based newspaper, the Washington Blade and South Florida Blade all gay publications, were threatening to shut down when their parent companies, Window Media and United Media, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Kevin Nass, the editor of the Washington Blade, the nation’s the oldest gay newspaper and second largest by circulation, said when he arrived to work at 8 a.m. this past Monday, he was met by two corporate officers, notifying him that his paper would be shut down immediately.

"The bottom line was