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Can Digital Distribution Bring Success To New Orleans Musicians?

It?s one of the oldest paradoxes in New Orleans culture. Even as the city enjoys an international reputation as one of the world?s great music hubs, those responsible for making that

3 Numbers In The Battle To Save The New Orleans Times-Picayune

You might forgive the staff of the New Orleans Times-Picayune if they woke up with fuzzy heads and heavy hearts on Friday. They, and their city, suffered a body blow Thursday, when Newhouse Newspapers, a division of Advance Publications, announced the paper will no longer be printed each day.

A 20-Year Times Picayune Veteran Mourns the Loss of New Orleans' Daily Newspaper

New Orleans is now the largest metro area without a daily newspaper. The Times Picayune, the city?s venerable and troublesome bastion of analog reporting, is cutting back to three issues a

The Dismal Future Awaiting the New Orleans Times-Picayune

The New Orleans Times-Picayune will undergo some radical and painful changes an in attempt to save its life, but if the history of its sibling newspapers is any guide, the cuts will only delay the inevitable. The paper announced today that it will be cutting its publication schedule back to three days a week -- Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays -- and is expected to significantly reduce its staff ...

New Orleans newspaper cuts print edition to three days a week

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The 175-year-old Pulitzer Prize-winning New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper will reduce the number of days it publishes a print edition to three a week, making the Louisiana city the largest in the United States without a daily newspaper. Advance Publications, which owns the Times-Picayune, said on Thursday it made the change because of the upheaval in the newspaper ...

Budget Cuts Could Cost New Orleans Its Only Daily Newspaper

The New Orleans Times-Picayune is facing massive budget cuts, including "wholesale layoffs" and a reduction in the publishing schedule that would leave the city without a daily print newspaper. The report from David Carr of The New York Times says that the paper's owner, Newhouse Newspapers, will likely cut the publishing days to two or three a week and replace or let go many of its top editors ...

In Latest Sign of Print Upheaval, New Orleans Paper Scaling Back

Circulation and staff reductions at The Times-Picayune of New Orleans and three Alabama newspapers are the latest instances of reorganization in a rapidly changing industry.