LPI Media
LPI Media (formerly Liberation Publications Inc.) was the largest gay and lesbian publisher in the United States. The company targeted LGBT communities and published such magazines, books, and websites, with its magazines alone having more than 8.2 million copies distributed each year. The Advocate and Out magazines were the two largest circulation LGBT magazines in the United States, each with corresponding websites, Advocate.com and OUT.com.
| Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing, periodicals |
| Successor | Here Media |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Key people | Judy Wieder, Corporate Executive Vice President & Editorial Director; Joe Landry, Vice President & Director Publishing; Stephen Murray, Director of Corporate Marketing; Jeff Lettiere, Director Circulation, The Advocate |
| Products | Out The Advocate HIV Plus Out Traveler Alyson Books Specialty Publications |
| Revenue | US$29.0 million (2005) |
Additional publications included Out Traveler, HIV Plus, and LGBT-penned titles through Alyson Books making it the "largest publisher of gay and lesbian print publications" and thus the largest print voice of the LGBT communities, including transgender and to a lesser degree bisexual people.
They were also parent owners of Specialty Publications, which produces adult (pornographic) publications MEN, formerly Advocate Men, FreshMen, Unzipped, and [2]. Specialty Publications was one of the largest gay adult erotica web and video production companies in the world.