Gay.com Parent Company Sells Travel Business

PINKNEWS.CO.UK -- Oct 15 -- PlanetOut – parent company of The Advocate, Out magazine, Gay.com, and PlanetOut.com – has announced plans to sell its travel business RSVP Vacations to Atlantis Events. PlanetOut, which recently was rescued from bankruptcy by investors such as Bill Gates, is attempting to reverse declining advertising revenues. FULL ARTICLE @ PINKNEWS.CO.UK

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