 In August 2011 Tidwell purchased 50% shares in Gay Chicago for an undisclosed amount.In mid-September 2011, Dane Tidwell announced that the magazine would become a biweekly, and on September 29, 2011, Craig Gernhardt announced it had suspended print publication altogether.With the halt of printing of Gay Chicago, the "Windy City Times" becomes Chicago's only LGBT newsweekly in print form.