The Washington Blade, the oldest newspaper in the United States for gays and lesbians, is seen in a newspaper box in Washington on November 16, 2009. The Blade, a weekly, announced it was shutting down. in a posting on micro-blogging service Twitter.'Washington Blade, like all Window Media publications, is closing today,' it said.'Thank you for your support.' Window Media is largest gay and lesbian newspaper publisher in the country. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

The Washington Blade, the oldest newspaper in the United States for gays and lesbians, is seen in a newspaper box in Washington on November 16, 2009. The Blade, a weekly, announced it was shutting down. in a posting on micro-blogging service Twitter.'Washington Blade, like all Window Media publications, is closing today,' it said.'Thank you for your support.' Window Media is largest gay and lesbian newspaper publisher in the country.

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  1. A man walks past a newspaper box distributing the Washington Blade, the oldest newspaper in the United States for gays and lesbians, in Washington on November 16, 2009. The Blade, a weekly, announced it was shutting down. in a posting on micro-blogging service Twitter.'Washington Blade, like all Window Media publications, is closing today,' it said.'Thank you for your support.' Window Media is largest gay and lesbian newspaper publisher in the country.
  2. The Washington Blade, the oldest newspaper in the United States for gays and lesbians, is seen in a newspaper box in Washington,DC on November 16, 2009. The Blade, a weekly, announced it was shutting down in a posting on micro-blogging service Twitter.'Washington Blade, like all Window Media publications, is closing today,' it said.'Thank you for your support.' Window Media is largest gay and lesbian newspaper publisher in the country.
  3. The Washington Blade, the oldest newspaper in the United States for gays and lesbians, is seen in a newspaper box in Washington,DC on November 16, 2009. The Blade, a weekly, announced it was shutting down in a posting on micro-blogging service Twitter.'Washington Blade, like all Window Media publications, is closing today,' it said.'Thank you for your support.' Window Media is largest gay and lesbian newspaper publisher in the country.
  4. The Washington Blade, the oldest newspaper in the United States for gays and lesbians, is seen in a newspaper box in Washington on November 16, 2009. The Blade, a weekly, announced it was shutting down. in a posting on micro-blogging service Twitter.'Washington Blade, like all Window Media publications, is closing today,' it said.'Thank you for your support.' Window Media is largest gay and lesbian newspaper publisher in the country.
  5. The Washington Blade, the oldest newspaper in the United States for gays and lesbians, is seen in a newspaper box in Washington on November 16, 2009. The Blade, a weekly, announced it was shutting down. in a posting on micro-blogging service Twitter.'Washington Blade, like all Window Media publications, is closing today,' it said.'Thank you for your support.' Window Media is largest gay and lesbian newspaper publisher in the country.
  6. Evan Williams, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Twitter, listens during a plenary session on the first day of the 40th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. The overarching theme of the World Economic Forum, WEF, annual meeting which will take place from 27 to 31 January, is "Improve the State of the World: Rethink, Redesign, Rebuild".
  7. Evan Williams, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Twitter, listens during a plenary session on the first day of the 40th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. The overarching theme of the World Economic Forum, WEF, annual meeting which will take place from 27 to 31 January, is "Improve the State of the World: Rethink, Redesign, Rebuild".
  8. Evan Williams, Co-Founder and CEO of Twitter attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 27, 2010.
  9. Evan Williams, Co-Founder and CEO of Twitter attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 27, 2010.
  10. Co-Founder and CEO, Twitter, USA, Evan Williams, right, speaks during a social networking session at the opening day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday Jan. 27, 2010. Financial reforms, climate talks and Haiti's reconstruction are set to dominate the agenda of the world's elites heading up to the Swiss mountain resort of Davos this week for their annual meeting.
  11. Co-Founder and CEO of Twitter, USA, Evan Williams listens during a social networking session at the opening day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday Jan. 27, 2010. Financial reforms, climate talks and Haiti's reconstruction are set to dominate the agenda of the world's elites heading up to the Swiss mountain resort of Davos this week for their annual meeting.
  12. In this screen shot taken from Twitter, the Twitter page of astronaut Timothy (TJ) Creamer is shown. In a high tech first _ really, really high _ astronauts in space finally have Internet access. On Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, Creamer posted the first live Twitter post truly from space.
  13. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 18: U.S. President Barack Obama sends his first ever Twitter message during a visit to the Red Cross Disaster Operations Center January 18, 2010 in Washington, DC. Earlier in the day President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and their two daughters served lunch to the poor to honor the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

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