As mentioned in an earlier post, I am giving up my subscription to the Times Picayune. I simply cannot justify paying Newhouse’s exorbitant subscription price for part-time news. And, to add insult to injury, Newhouse revealed recently that they are going to focus on expanding to Baton Rouge, diluting its already stretched resources to provide weak tea online news coverage to two metropolitan areas as opposed to maintaining a strong, daily presence in its city of origin.
So, for those of you desiring a daily newsprint fix, here is a link to the Baton Rouge Advocate New Orleans edition subscription. If you prefer to call The Advocate’s customer service directly, their number is 504-529-0522
I’ll post in a month or so how this paper compares to the old TP. I have high hopes, and I pray the Advocate meets that expectation. I am sure their political reporting will be far superior – I hope they get a lock on the pulse of New Orleans and the surrounding parishes’ “unique” perspective on political folly. We’ll see…
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I am in complete agreement with you. I appreciate your posts on this issue. I too have subscribed to the Advocate. Valerie Capitanich
Thanks so much for the reply Valerie. The only way New Orleanians can send a message to Newhouse is to cancel our subscriptions. Then maybe they’ll sell the TP to a benevolent entity that respects us enough to restart daily newspaper delivery.
I just subscribed. The only down side I see to discontinuing the T-P is that there are still New Orleanians working there and I hate to see additional layoffs of locals.
I understand your point. I think Newhouse pretty much eviscerated the staff already, and most of those remaining will hopefully retain their positions in the online NOLA.com presence. My focus of the post is paying for a substandard, home delivered 3 time weekly paper, and choosing to support a daily delivery instead. Perhaps The Advocate will step up and help those working at the TP transition to their New Orleans office. It will definitely be interesting how these events unfold.