Sources tell FBDC that local gay magazine Metro Weekly's publisher Randy Shulman has warned his staff to prepare to go "online only" within the next three weeks.

No formal email or memo has been sent to staffers, but this announcement was made by Shulman on Monday. He put a positive spin on it, saying "this is the way of the future," but staffer we spoke to isn't buying that it is good news.

We're told online ads are just a fraction of the mag's overall revenue so it is still unclear at this time what this announcement means for Metro Weekly's future, even online.