Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) — When Laura Douglas-Brown got to work on Monday, she saw a note on the door. “It is with great regret that we must inform you that effective immediately, the operations of Window Media LLC and United Media LLC have closed down.”

It asked employees to return Wednesday, adding, “Please bring boxes and/or containers that will allow you to collect all your personal belongings at one time.”

And with that, Douglas-Brown lost her job at Atlanta, Georgia-based Southern Voice — the South’s main newspaper for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities — where she has worked for more than 12 years.

Southern Voice, which was in print for more than 20 years and had a 100,000 circulation, was one of several gay newspapers and magazines, including the Washington Blade and South Florida Blade, that were shut down Monday when their parent companies, Window Media and United Media, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

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