The GA Voice (pronounce it as you wish, its creators say) is set to debut early next year both online and in print, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

"We've pretty much got the money for the pre-launch expenses," said Chris Cash, founder of Southern Voice and publisher of the soon-to-debut GA Voice. "We're in the process now of forming our core team."

"You'll probably see us online before you see the print version," she said.

Last week the Lloyd E. Russell Foundation gave the duo $12,000 in matching funds for the new news outlet. Cash said they're still seeking donations at www.savesovo.com.

The announcement comes just weeks following the closure of the SoVo and it's sister publication, David Atlanta. The two Atlanta-based gay publications were among six shuttered by Window Media, which succumbed to Chapter 7 bankruptcy in November.

The other publications were the South Florida Blade and 411 Magazine, based in Fort Lauderdale, the Houston Voice, and the Washington Blade.

Just days following the closures, Washington Blade employees rallied to launch DC Agenda, a replacement publication in the District of Columbia.

The paper's nearly two-dozen employees arrived at their downtown offices Monday, only to be ordered to clear out their desks by mid-afternoon.

Steven Myers, co-president of the paper's owner, Atlanta-based Window Media, said the company also ceased operations at its other gay-oriented publications and websites, which include the Southern Voice newspaper and David magazine in Atlanta, and the South Florida Blade and 411 magazine in Florida.

"It's a shock. I'm almost speechless, really," said Lou Chibbaro Jr., a Blade reporter who has written for the newspaper since 1976, covering the full arc of the country's gay-rights movement, from early marches through the rise of AIDS and on to the latest battles over legalizing same-sex marriage.

Kevin Naff, editor of the Washington Blade, said when he arrived to work Monday morning, he was met by two corporate officers from Window Media, notifying him that his paper would be shut down immediately.

"The bottom line was they filed for Chapter 7, which means liquidation," Naff said. "I think a lot of us expected a Chapter 11 reorganization, but they didn't go that route and I guess the creditors wanted out."

Staffers of the Blade plan to meet Tuesday to organize an effort to revive the newspaper.

The Blade, founded in 1969, was considered one of the most influential publications written for a gay audience.