(Washington) "Blade editor to leave paper, US"

[Rowdyboy]

"Chris Crain, executive editor of the Washington Blade, is leaving the paper and its parent company Window Media later this month to join his partner in Brazil.

Crain, who co-founded Window Media and will remain one of its owners, will leave the newspaper Sept. 15.

“The Washington Blade is the country’s oldest, largest, most respected and most successful gay newspaper,” Crain said. “I have been honored to be its editor for the last five years.”

http://www.washblade.com/2006/9-8/news/localnews/craindeparture.cfm

I respect the Washington Blade as a quality gay paper. Sorry to see Chris leave...

[dsc]

1. I like the paper

but I worry very much now. The managing editor who is taking over is the guy who brought in Jeff Gannon. Aside from Gannon's conservatism he had no discernable merit to be a columnist for such a prestigious paper.