Michael Goff

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Michael Goff is a publisher, executive and entrepreneur who founded Out magazine and was its first editor in chief and President.[1] The child of diplomats, Goff himself was rejected by the State Department for being gay.[2]

He later was general manager of Microsoft MSN when it was first taken to the internet.[3] He inspired Visual AIDS to launch the red ribbon campaign with his column in Outweek. "The trigger was a column by Michael Goff in the American gay/lesbian magazine OutWeek. Mr Goff had looked around at all the yellow ribbons worn in support of the 1990-91 Gulf War, and he asked why there wasn't a ribbon for HIV/AIDS." [2] More recently he was Dan Gillmor's partner in citizen journalism company publishing Bayosphere and is involved with many media and tech companies and blogs, including Towleroad.com.[4]

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  1. ^ Manly, Lorne (1996-02-01). Out founder Goff on his way out. Folio: The Magazine for Magazine Management.
  2. ^ a b Michael Goff:GoffSpot / About. goffspot.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-26.
  3. ^ NowPublic corporate site:Management. nowpublic.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-26.
  4. ^ From Brokeback to Foley and Beyonce: Towleroad More Than Doubles Visits in 2006 Becoming Go-To Site for Gay News & Entertainment ; Partners with Out Mag Founder to Expand (PDF) (2007-01-31).