Washington Blade Returns Friday

Less thn six months after folding because its former owners went bankrupt, The Washington Blade, one of the leading gay newspapers in the nation, plans to return to publication on Friday, according to Digital Media Wire.

“The move comes after Brown Naff Pitts Omnimedia -- a new company headed by former Blade publisher Lynne Brown, editor Kevin Naff and sales executive Brian Pitts -- acquired the paper's assets at a bankruptcy auction in Atlanta,” Digital Media Wire reports. “The purchase included the Blade name, all trademarks and copyrights, as well as its entire 40-year archive.”