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BAYAREAREPORTER
Vol. 40
. No. 47 . 25 November 2010
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Serving the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities since 1971
GivingThanks to those that give back to the community. uring this time of thanksgivlike the B.A.R. cannot be overstatLETTER ing, we would like to thank ed. This year alone, we broke stothose individuals and busiries important to our community Paper is a community watchdog nesses whose advertising in the Bay that had an impact on hundreds of No one could read your articles and editorial ... Area Reporter has enabled the pub- and feel anything but pain and regret. ... But how people – stories that would not lication to continue providing would most people in the community even know have been given the same attention about these issues if it weren’t for the Bay Area Requality news and arts coverage of porter? Who else can or does bring these problems or perspective from mainstream to light, even when it’s not popular? interest to the LGBT community. media. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a We would also like to thank our watchdog The B.A.R.’s arts coverage is secas “one that guards against loss, waste, readers, who value our product and theft, or undesirable practices.” The Bay Area’s ond to none in the Bay Area. With LGBT community is fortunate that the B.A.R. is a drastic cuts at major area publicapick it up each week – or read it on- watchdog – our watchdog – and we are better off tions, our arts staff has continued line – and who also support us by because of it. The mainstream press does not cover patronizing the advertisers who the LGBT community in any real depth, and some to cover the full spectrum of offerLGBT newspapers are struggling financially. We ings from museums, music, dance, support our community. need the B.A.R. to continue as a healthy and vibrant performance, theater, film, books, As we are all aware, these are dif- resource ... . Thank you for being our watchdog. and more. Our insightful critics ficult economic times for everyone, – Bill Ambrunn have years of experience in their which is why advertiser support is ~ B.A.R., Vol. 40, No. 40, Oct. 7, 2010 ~ fields and bring their passion to so critical to a publication like the B.A.R. Covering a niche communiour local arts scene each week. ty as we do does not insulate us from the national This year we also launched BARtab, the Bay Area's trends affecting print publications, and we can’t do our premiere monthly LGBT entertainment and nightlife job of bringing you the news each week without ad- magazine and complementary website that contains vertising support. Many print publications continue complete listings for things to do and places to go. So when you pick up a copy of the B.A.R., we ask to downsize and reduce resources for news-gathering, which hurts all of us who value a robust press. Other that you support the businesses that support us. ToLGBT communities across the country have even lost gether, with readers and advertisers, we will keep the Bay Area LGBT community informed, entertained, their local newspapers. The importance of an LGBT community newspaper and up to date on the matters that affect us all.
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–Thomas E. Horn, Publisher