The Times-Picayune published its last daily edition on Sunday, making New Orleans the biggest city in America without a daily newspaper.
The newspaper announced deep cuts, including a shift to publication just three days a week, in May. Residents and public figures protested the decision, to no avail.
The new publication schedule will start on Wednesday, October 6. On Sunday, the Times-Picayune marked the end of an era with a special note to readers and a farewell to publisher Ashton Phelps.
The newspaper wrote that it would publish Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, but told readers to expect the same coverage and advocacy it delivered before the cuts. “Our rhythms will change but our mission will not… we are committed to the journalism that has been our hallmark — deeply reported, well written and presented, intensely local, indispensible to understanding your community,” the paper wrote… (more)
EDITOR: Advanced Publications, formerly known as the Newhouse chain, also owns the Harrisburg Patriot-News.
Goodbye print media. Hello citizen journalists.