Gay Tim and the Power of LGBTQ+ Visibily

Contents:

• JAM FROST PARTS GAY TIMES AFTER SUCCSFULLY REVALISG THE INIC LGBTQ+ BRAND
• GAY TIM ANNOUNC NEW CEO REFLECTN OF CHANGG MEDIA LANDSPE
• FOUNR OF GAY TIMES MAGAZE, CHRIS GRAHAM-BELL, PASS AWAY
• GAY TIM – BIAS AND CREDIBILY
• INTRODUCG GAYTIMES+: A NEW MEMBERSHIP PLATFORM THAT GIV ACCS TO QUEER-FIRST STORYTELLG AND UNIQUE BENEFS
• GAY TIM
• GAY TIMES’ LEWIS CORNER WS EDOR OF THE YEAR AT THE PPA AWARDS 2023
• GAY TIM AND THE POWER OF LGBTQ+ VISIBILY
• ANTI-PAYWALL GAY TIM CEO UNVEILS MEMBERSHIP SCHEME AMID RONAVIS
• SEATTLE GAY NEWS GOFUNDME LNCHED AFTER ATH OF OWNER
• WHY GAY MEN MAKE THE BT BOSS
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT

JAM FROST PARTS GAY TIMES AFTER SUCCSFULLY REVALISG THE INIC LGBTQ+ BRAND

After an credibly succsful tenure, Jam Frost has announced he is to step down om his posn as Chairman of GAY TIMES, and negotiated a transfer of ownership of the bs to the current senr learship team, led by Chief Executive, Tag Warner. Frost beme the sole owner of GAY TIMES back March 2017, succsfully helmg the inic LGBTQ+ brand durg a challengg perd the publishg dtry as nsumer behavur dramatilly shifted.

Up until 2019, durg his time as CEO, Frost was rponsible for a succsful reposng of GAY TIMES Magaze which livered a renewed mment to the amplifitn of all queer voic the muny. He ntued this visn durg his time as Chairman om 2019 to prent, supportg the GAY TIMES team to posively transform the bs further. In 2017, GAY TIMES was a tradnal magaze publishg bs, but now is a multi-faceted media anisatn that reach lns more people than ever before.

GAY TIM ANNOUNC NEW CEO REFLECTN OF CHANGG MEDIA LANDSPE

1 for LGBTQ+ media on Instagram, TikTok, Twter and Facebook; publish the monthly digal edn of GAY TIMES Magaze; and produc GAY TIMES Origal Podst Seri, cludg the hugely popular Drag Race discsn seri Snatched! GTX is an award-wng creative and partnerships agency that works wh global brands on their LGBTQ+ mpaigns, as well as producg the biggt LGBTQ+ night of the year, GAY TIMES Honours.

To make this happen, Frost was rponsible for assemblg a strong and visnary senr team – led by Chief Executive, Tag Warner – to help make his ambn for GAY TIMES bee a realy. Tag Warner has been announced as the new CEO of global media pany and publisher Gay Tim, a move that reflects the seismic shifts occurrg the dtry. Proudly takg Gay Tim pennt 2016, Frost was at the helm for the most radil chang the pany’s 45+ year history durg an tense perd of dtry evolutn and changg dience expectatns.

FOUNR OF GAY TIMES MAGAZE, CHRIS GRAHAM-BELL, PASS AWAY

Followg a signifint rebrand to Gay Tim late 2017, over the past 12 months the pany has monstrated s renewed mment to the amplifitn of queer voic on a global sle.

GAY TIM – BIAS AND CREDIBILY

Wh diversy, reprentatn and clivy of the entire LGBTQ muny now formg the very fibre of our brand missn, Gay Tim has evolved to bee far more than solely a magaze, and is now a leadg LGBTQ media brand wh the largt social dience of any queer publitn the world. Utilisg his past experience nsultg large rporate and ctomer facg brands on strategy, brand experience and diversy and cln, Warner has bee the youngt person to be named CEO of Gay Tim, and is expertly placed to gui the pany to the most excg era s history.

INTRODUCG GAYTIMES+: A NEW MEMBERSHIP PLATFORM THAT GIV ACCS TO QUEER-FIRST STORYTELLG AND UNIQUE BENEFS

“Gay Tim serv the entire LGBTQ ialism by nnectg them wh a global work of queer voic, experienc and forward-thkg brands, therefore ’s tly an honour to be appoted as CEO. “Gay Tim 2019 is set to be our most diverse and dynamic year yet, and I’m exced to share the wi-rangg plans we have store – many of which will be a first for the dtry. On appotg Warner as CEO, Chairman Jam Frost adds: “I have every fah that Tag has the visn and skills to lead Gay Tim as a global media brand.

“What we have been able to achieve as a bs my time here has affirmed my belief that Gay Tim supports and enrich our muny ways that are relevant to the changg world around . He simultaneoly worked as Deputy Edor of Gay Tim Magaze, which led to an alignment between the two largt platforms the pany. 2019 is set to be the most excg year Gay Tim’ history, and we are proud that more of you than ever before are embarkg on this journey wh .

GAY TIM

Chris lnched the magaze 1974 when the rights of gay men and women were still beg hard fought for, and dog that, he played a signifint part gettg their voic heard. In 1994, Diva magaze was lnched, and a merger 1999 created Millivr Prowler Group – the largt gay-owned multimedia publishg bs Europe.

In 2013 Chris was bought out and retired as Chairman followg a management buyout, and eventually due to tradg prsur the var bs areas, cludg GAY TIMES Magaze, moved to new ownership. A past Chairman of the Gay Bs Associatn and member of the Natnal Advisory Group on police liaison wh the gay and lbian muny, Chris was given the 1995 Bryan Kennedy Award for signifint ntributn to the gay muny. The Tst was set up to promote equaly and diversy the UK and to help elimate discrimatn on the grounds of sexual orientatn, promote equal rights and awarens, and better unrstandg of the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Communy.

GAY TIMES’ LEWIS CORNER WS EDOR OF THE YEAR AT THE PPA AWARDS 2023

Today, GAYTIMES Group are proud to announce the lnch of GAYTIMES+, a new membership platform that giv members plete accs to GAY TIMES’ queer-first storytellg and unique benefs. Digned to empower the bt origal LGBTQ+ ntent, GAYTIMES+ will allow the brand to lve eper to the stori that matter most om all around the globe.

GAY TIMES has, and will ntue to be, at the foreont of queer culture sce s lnch 1984, servg as a bean of light to LGBTQ+ people lookg for visibily, reprentatn and a muny to nnect wh.

Handpicked stori and curated ntent by and for the muny to their boxA newly re-imaged and extend GAY TIMES Magaze, shipped worldwiThe abily to choose vers of multi-edn issu – somethg current subscribers have often asked for Immediate accs to the repli edn of GAY TIMES Magaze via a new appPrry accs to GAY TIMES events throughout the yearExclive accs to digal events and talksBpoke membership merchandiseMembership benefs om GAY TIMES’ expandg number of leadg partners. Later the year, GAY TIMES will also be openg their archiv to members so they n explore over 40 years of fascatg queer journalism – the first time they have ma their historil edns easily accsible to the public digal format.

GAY TIM AND THE POWER OF LGBTQ+ VISIBILY

“As the media landspe ntu to change at a rapid pace – not least exagerated by the COVID-19 panmic – we are exced to be leadg the next evolutn of GAY TIMES.

ANTI-PAYWALL GAY TIM CEO UNVEILS MEMBERSHIP SCHEME AMID RONAVIS

“GAY TIMES Magaze is an tegral part of our edorial esystem, and will rema so for years to e, ” explas Lewis Corner, Edorial Director.

As part of the lnch of GAYTIMES+, the webse will be resigned wh a brand new athetic and terface that brgs ee daily updat and timely queer ntent om across the globe. GAYTIMES+ will help to ntue the fight for LGBTQ+ rights and regnn, be a world lear LGBTQ+ visibily, and nnect the muny far and wi.

Through special live events, digal spac, and a global work of LGBTQ+ advot and alli, GAY TIMES extend their missn to nnect queer experienc like never before. ” GAY TIMES has celebrated rerd growth the past 12 months across all digal and social platforms, wh more people readg GAY TIMES Magaze now than ever before our history.

SEATTLE GAY NEWS GOFUNDME LNCHED AFTER ATH OF OWNER

When to publishg, ’s val that diverse voic and experienc are heard and reflected, pecially those LGBTQ+ publitn Gay Tim has been around sce 1974, sharg var queer narrativ and sheddg light on the issu and ncerns many LGBTQ+ people faced the U. Now, the publitn is here to unrsre that pop culture and fashn is not all that s dience r about, but also polics, human rights and other important subjects that are happeng wh the muny and the world at this episo of Young Influentials, Gay Tim’ CEO Tag Warner jos Adweek digal edor and host Col Daniels to discs the history of Gay Tim, s agency GT Group and how LGBTQ+ publishg is the new episo below, or listen and subscribe on Apple Podsts, Spotify, Stcher or iHeartRad. When Gay Tim chief executive Tag Warner ma a promise never to go behd a paywall, he uld not have predicted that a global panmic and subsequent ad spend drought would put his lofty mment at odds wh the very practil realy that Gay Tim would need more revenue om rears orr to see the other si.

His promise is the lnch of a new membership scheme lled Gay of s 507th magaze issue, the long-lived LGBTQ+ media tle saw “ronavis accelerate what was already a pretty amb multi-year transformatn for Gay Tim, ” he told The joed as chief executive 2018 as a 24-year-old, wh some years of media nsultancy unr his belt, he relled: “I am Gay Tim' target market. As a rult, Gay Tim+ is a ‘membership’ wh no gated ntent, relyg on centiv to entice will be a curated newsletter; a mag subscriptn (wh a choice of vers); all issu published sce 1984 ma available via s app, prry accs to Gay Tim events, semars, and panels and ee brand merchandise as well as further benefs wh mercial non-members, the Gay Tim’ webse is beg resigned and will rema pletely ee to all ers. And after one year, brand partnerships, strategic nsultg and productn efforts wh top brands prised 65% of total group 's not as if digal advertisg livered Gay Tim substantial e.

The magaze, which should have been the foundatn of Gay Tim, was for years sucked to “stack em high, sell em cheap’ strategi”. Existg subscribers will be placed the “equivalent Gay Tim+ membership… at no extra st” and will be first le for the g benefs as of June 2020. The multi-tier membership plan has been the works for three years; the partnership perks, particular, were time-nsumg to major sellg pot will be the accs to five-s worth of Gay Tim magaz.

WHY GAY MEN MAKE THE BT BOSS

This uld prove attractive to new members keep to lve to lchp moments of gay culture and reflect on s eventual breachg of the said: “I said when I me to Gay Tim I would never put a paywall up.

So the news that Gee Bakan – owner and edor--chief of Seattle Gay News and a personal iend for many years after I retired om the paper the mid-2000s – has died mak this year even stranger. And Gee helped me like a Gay mother hen to fd myself and my wrg voice, even lettg me do a lumn lled Lipstick and Lt, a sexy, scy, and spicy lumn that let me dulge fantasy and flirtatn.. The ternatnal ownership saga of Ameri’s most popular gay datg app, Grdr, me to a close last month when a group of Amerin vtors took ntrol of the Wt Hollywood Beijg Kunlun Tech Co.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

Bonforte and Mari fd themselv the enviable posn of takg over a pany wh solid profs, an active and dited er base the tens of lns, and a leadg posn the gay datg market. Mari: There are 15 members of the senr team that are part of the gay muny, and we will ntue to work wh them as part of our team. And we absolutely have the tentn of recg more gay members of the muny to every level of Grdr, om the lower levels to senr team to the board.

LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT

I thk ’s important for the bs to be able to hear om real ers of the se, so that is a prry for do you thk you’re the right people for the job of nng a gay datg pany?

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