Times-Picayune
Newhouses say they aren't 'sneaking up' on New Jersey
Two executives arrive from Ann Arbor, where the newspaper company first experimented with killing off print editions and migrating to the web. More
Today, the ax falls at 'Times-Picayune'
Staff are either being handed severance packages or offered jobs at the recalibrated paper, which is scaling back its print schedule to three editions a week. More
Editor of New Orleans alt-weekly talks about 'Times-Picayune' troubles
"Going to three days a week raises some class issues about who can read the news," he said. "We have some of the poorest broadband penetration in the nation. And I think it discounts our very large elderly population, who've been fiercely loyal to the Picayune for most of their lives. I think the impact on them is going to be tremendous." More
(1)Absolutely everybody outraged about the disappearing 'Times-Picayune'
“We did not make these changes out of desperation — we have a very strong operation in New Orleans — but we face tremendous challenges in terms of both revenue and the 24 hour news cycle,” said Newhouse. “We needed to make a plan for the long-term and not sit still for a spiral of losses and cutbacks.” More
Open letter to Steve Newhouse: New Orleans needs a daily 'Times-Picayune'
Thousands and thousands of Times-Picayune readers do not have easy access to the Internet or the wherewithal to read the paper electronically. These are the people who your newspaper was designed to help -- and they have loyally read it each day until their own name appeared in the death notices. Your paper championed their cause. These are the people who may miss your daily newspaper the most. More
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