LGBT/Planet Out (LGBT)

[florist]

I agree. Honesty was Never EVER something that applied to QTN so any comparison that some people would make comparing PlanetOut and QTN are ludicrous. QTN failed because they were ripping off INVESTORS, Employees, Vendors. It's failure had nothing to do with the lack of gay support, but it had everything to do with a crook named FRANK OLSON. Some people still want to play that game and use gays and Planet Out as a way to excuse a thief, but I'm not going to dance to that nonsense.
The lack of advertisers in the advocate has to do with poor management decisions. You can go to any newsstand where there is a gay section and the NEW gay magazines are in abundant supply and full with ads from corporate America. I personally think it's a shame that the advocate is no longer the great national magazine it once was, but I have to admit I did lose interest when there was a major change in its style and how the magazine was packaged. They also lost some very good writers that had a huge impact on the investigative reporting that they were once known for.