The Times-Picayune in a Changing Media World: The Transformation of an American Newspaper

by Frank D. Durham, Vicki Mayer, S.L. Alexander, et al.

In 2012-2013, one of the largest U.S. newspaper chains, Advance Publications, determined its main product was no longer newspapers but news, and switched from daily print publication of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans to three days a week, while upgrading its presence online ("Digital First"). More than two hundred employees, including half the newsroom, were laid off in one of the poorest U.S. cities with among the lowest literacy rates and percentages...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739182447
• ISBN13: 9780739182444
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"