Michael Goff

For other people named Michael Goff, see Michael Goff (disambiguation).

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]

External links

1. ^ Manly, Lorne (1996-02-01). "Out founder Goff on his way out". Folio: The Magazine for Magazine Management. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3065/is_n2_v25/ai_17944683. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Michael Goff:GoffSpot / About". goffspot.com. http://www.goffspot.com/about/. Retrieved 2007-08-26. 
3. ^ "NowPublic corporate site:Management". nowpublic.com. http://www.nowpublic.com/node/161612. Retrieved 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. http://pdfserver.prweb.com/pdfdownload/501187/pr.pdf. 

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