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Advocate owner says he ‘tried to buy’ Times-Picayune

May 8, 2013 11:44 am

The Advocate | WWL | Dump the Picayune | The Times-Picayune
The Baton Rouge, La.-based Advocate announced Wednesday it was hiring four reporters from the Times-Picayune, a paper with which it is engaged in a growing newspaper war. In a May 2 interview, WWL-TV anchor Melanie Hebert passed on a viewer question to John Georges, The Advocate's new owner: Would he be interested in buying the Times-Picayune "You can't buy something that there's not a willing seller," Georges replied.
I tried to buy them. I sent word to them before the Advocate or during the Advocate and they weren't interested in selling.
Advance, which owns the Times-Picayune, has repeatedly said the paper is not for sale. (more...)
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Buyer interested in Advocate, which now sells about 22,000 copies a day in New Orleans

Jan. 28, 2013 10:20 am

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A private buyer is interested in buying the Baton Rouge paper, Timothy Boone reports. Circulation at The Advocate is up since the seven-day-a-week paper made a play for readers of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, which reduced print frequency last year.
The Advocate’s average weekday circulation is about 98,000 and Sunday circulation is about 125,000 — boosted by its recent entry into the New Orleans market. New Orleans accounts for about 22,000 issues daily, said Dean Blanchard, the newspaper’s circulation director.
Boone's article includes some interesting Advocate facts, including that its building is owned by Jimmy Swaggart’s Family Worship Center and that it originally competed with a Whig newspaper. (more...)
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