Publisher and Founder of LGBT titles in Los Angeles and in New York City.In 2017 I founded Los Angeles Blade, the only print and online weekly newspaper serving Los Angeles. The newspaper is the sister newspaper to Washington Blade in DC, a 50 years old LGBTQ newspaper that is considered to be the newspaper of record for the US LGBTQ community. We are the nation's only alternative media or LGBT media member of the White House Press Corps. In 2021 a Los Angeles Blade editor was named Journalist of the Year by the Los Angeles Press Club.In 1994, I founded Gay City News, a New York City based weekly newspaper (print and online), that remains the city's only LGBT newspaper. Gay City News is a 27 year old web to print newspaper (online at gaycitynews.com), one of the most Awarded community newspaper members of the New York Press Association and boasting the largest print circulation of any LGBT newspaper in the nation. It also has 20+ sibling publications via parent company, Schneps Media: https://www.schnepsmedia.com/Specialties: Broad entrepreneurial and subordinate experience in all aspects of newspaper and web publishing and development. Hands on experience with product integration, sales strategies, marketing and promotions, vendor negotiations, staffing, management, operations, finance, etc. Interested in new media advancements.Proficient to expert in many related softwares; excellent multi-platform IT skills; Open Source believer; various web design software; print technologies and software.