In Touch Weekly was launched in 2002 by Bauer Publishing with EIC Richard Spencer manning the controls. In February 2008, N’Touch New England launched as the “newest and freshest source for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender news and entertainment” (about page here) under the helm of publisher Bill Berggren.
In Touch got the scoop on Mary Louise-Parker’s “ring trouble” today, while N’Touch got the exclusive on the David Cicilline (mayor of Providence, RI) profile.
While In Touch’s nascent — let’s say — Web site has such sidebar content areas as “top story” and “TV scoops,” N’Touch features “arts & culture,” “gossip,” and regional club listings and photos.
N’Touch’s most popular stories? Boston Clubs, About Us, Mayor of Providence, Central Mass Clubs. In Touch’s? Impossible to know; In Touch doesn’t offer a “most popular” section on its site.
Just thought you guys should know each other.
February 22, 2008 at 3:35 am
‘N Touch, which published only one crappy issue, was forced to cease business by a court ordered injunction. It seems the convicted sex offender publisher, Bill Bergeron, also stole his former employer’s proprietery information. I guess once a criminal…..
http://boyinbushwick.blogspot.com/2008/02/text-of-ntouch-injunction-order.html
March 22, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Well it wasn’t forced to cease business as much as it was toldthat it couldn’t use the contacts that Berggren swiped on his way out. I saw the one and only issue and crappy is a nice way of putting it. Three articles over 2 pages with no pictures, all different fonts and font sizes…one two page spread was turned vertically and placed on the same page….the Kitty Corner pic was so small it was like, “Who the hell…..”
My high school paper looked better than this.