Cruising with PlanetOut.Two months after acquiring LPI (Lines Per Inch) The number of lines printed in a vertical inch. (language) LPI - A PL/I interpreter for IBM PCs and workstations. ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/mirrors/msdos/pli/runpli1a.arc. E-mail: <rcg@lpi.liant.com>. Media (publisher of The Advocate, Out, and other magazines), PlanetOut (operators of Gay.com, among other entities) announced January 23 that it had bought gay and lesbian travel company RSVP (ReSerVation Protocol) A communications protocol that signals a router to reserve bandwidth for real time transmission. RSVP is designed to clear a path for audio and video traffic, eliminating annoying skips and hesitations. Vacations for $6.5 million. PlanetOut, which offered its stock publicly in 2004, is the world's largest media company serving gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people. Jeff Soukup, PlanetOut's chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , said RSVP "is an excellent strategic fit for PlanetOut, giving us an additional platform to serve the varied needs of the LGBT LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender community." RSVP, a 21-year-old company based in Minneapolis, offers cruises, land tours, and resort vacations to gay and lesbian travelers. |
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