WASHINGTON BLADE, R.I.P. Sad news for homosexuals, we hate to say. The Washington Blade, along with its sister publications across the country, “abruptly went out of business” today. Now the gays will have to read the same boring heterosexual news outlets that “Real Americans” read, like the Weekly Standard. (Or Metro Weekly, same diff.) Oh well. The Blade had been going downhill ever since it fired Jeff Gannon, anyway. [NYT]

Carol Herman, books editor for the Washington Times, recently commissioned herself to review the hottest new book since Going Rogue: the autobiography of great noble universal leader hero Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder and owner of the Washington Times! Coincidentally it is the best book Carol Herman has read, basically ever. And you can read it, too! Let us share a key excerpt or two from Carol Herman’s glowing review, with its very nuanced “Korean Central News Agency”-ish tone. MORE »

• MAJOR IMPORTANT WASHINGTON MEDIA NEWS: Famous Washington gangbanger Patrick Gavin is leaving his mighty editorial perches atop Fishbowl DC and the Examiner to, uhh, make wacky videos for Politico, OH GOD. [Mike Calderone]