Kevin Naff, who was the last in a long and distinguished list of Washington Blade editors, discussed the paper’s demise Tuesday with NPR's Melissa Block, an All Things Considered host.
They talked about the paper’s fateful last weekend and about plans for a new newspaper that Naff said will rise soon from the ashes of the Blade, which was shut down by its corporate owners Sunday.
MELISSA: What happens to the Blade? Is it going to rise again?
NAFF: The Blade will not but the staff will. We have already met to lay plans for anew publication. I can't announce the name just yet.
MELISSA: Oh, please
NAFF: (Laughs) But we're working on it. Reporters have their assignment. Photographers have their assignment. Salespeople are making calls. And we are very much actively working to launch a new publication with the same staff intact. We met today and we will be putting out a modest publication this Friday.
It might look like that first one on a mimeograph sheet but it will be something as a placeholder. The hope is that the following week, we'd be back to a professional printing press.
Source: Defunct Gay Newspaper's Staffers To Start Their Own - The Two-Way - Breaking News, Analysis Blog : NPR
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