Pride Media CEO Quits Amid Ongoing Editorial Pay Issues

Pride Media’s chief executive officer is out after less than a year in which the newly formed publishing company started to get major pushback for letting magazine contributors go unpaid. Nathan Coyle, who last summer became Pride’s ceo as the company was rebranding itself as the new owner of queer magazines like Out and The Advocate, left the job today, to take over as ceo at Ford Models. He’s succeeding Nancy Chen, who’s been ceo of Ford since the start of 2016. A Ford spokeswoman declined to comment. Coyle’s exit is said to have been unexpected by Pride owner Adam Levin, the founder of Oreva Capita and also the owner of High Times magazine, although rumors had been going around that the ceo was actively looking for another job. Orlando Reece, chief revenue officer since August, is said to be taking over as interim ceo and still new Out editor Philip Picardi might be taking on more responsibilities in leading editorial. But Coyle’s relatively short time with Pride has been eventful. The company last year started to feel push back from former contributors to Out magazine after the summer departure of a majority of the magazine’s staff and its long time editor in

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