Gutting The Times-Picayune to Save It

The Times-Picayune, the largest newspaper in New Orleans, said Thursday it would end daily print publication, moving to a schedule of three issues per week, to adapt to "an increasingly digital age."The move creates a new company called the NOLA Media Group which will "significantly increase its online news-gathering efforts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, while offering enhanced printed newspapers on a schedule of three days a week," a statement from the daily said.

Employees are meeting with managers of The Times-Picayune as the newspaper prepares to trim its staff and publish three days a week.

You might forgive the staff of the 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. But the numbers that led to that decision ...

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.

A memorandum from The Times-Picayune confirms that it will cut back its daily print publishing schedule to three days a week and lay off an unknown number of staff members.

David Leonhardt has a column today entitled "Health Care's Obstacle: No Will to Cut."  Unlike many headlines, this accurately sums up the thrust of the piece.  Leonhardt complains, with justification, that alternative plans also have big holes: Paul Ryan's plan is all well and good, but it would never get through Congress intact.

David Leonhardt has a column today entitled "Health Care's Obstacle: No Will to Cut".  Unlike many headlines, this accurately sums up the thrust of the piece.  Leonhardt complains, with justification, that alternative plans also have big holes--Paul Ryan's plan is all well and good, but it would never get through congress intact.