''I've been terminated by Window Media.... The staff is meeting for coffee tomorrow to reorganize and re-launch.... In adversity, there is great opportunity. The name 'Washington Blade' has been ruined and is in bankruptcy, but the staff and people are alive and well and living in Washington, looking for local ownership.''

Lynne Brown, Publisher of the Washington Blade, telling Metro Weekly that the 40-year-old gay newspaper for the District of Columbia has permanently ceased publishing. (Metro Weekly)

''Certainly we knew finances were tight, but none of us were expecting this today.... We had been told the impact on us would be minimal and that the company would be sold.''

Laura Douglas-Brown of the Southern Voice, one of several LGBT publications that were closed down today after a parent organization, Window Media, said they'd file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Window Media acquired the Washington Blade and New York Blade in 2001. (WIBW)