 The New Orleans Times-Picayune, seen in 2010 during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, will only print three days a week come fall. The latest to go to three days a week: The storied New Orleans Times-Picayune, one of America’s oldest papers, which announced Thursday that it plans to limit its print schedule — beginning this fall — to Wednesday, Friday and Sunday editions. Advance Publications, which is owned by the billionaire Newhouse family, has been the most aggressive in the industry in answering that question. “Combining the award-winning journalism of The Times-Picayune and the strength of NOLA.com” is basically what they’ve been doing, or trying to, for years now. “For longtime print readers, this is going to be really jarring” because many readers don’t use the paper’s Web site on a regular basis, Doctor said. “The Times-Picayune, under Jim’s direction, is one of the finest newspapers in the country,” said Mathews, “and NOLA.com is the number one news site in Louisiana.
– Sad news from one of America's great newspapers: The New Orleans Times-Picayune has announced that it will cease daily publication this fall. The paper, founded as the Picayune in 1837, will now offer print editions just three days a week, on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday, while continuing to offer daily reporting online at Nola.com, reports the Washington Post. The move is expected to cost close to a third of the paper's 150 reporters their jobs, and will leave New Orleans as the biggest American city without a daily paper. Analysts say the move will leave the paper's future uncertain and—since the Times-Picayune was widely seen to have done an admirable job of moving its operations online—raises questions about the future of the entire newspaper industry. "A city like New Orleans, with its rebuilding challenges, its violence, its rich culture, the odd mix of civic virtue and corruption, and its long-term existential risks from hurricanes and rising seas, deserves a first-class news gathering operation," writes former Times-Picayune journalist John McQuaid at Forbes. "One that gets the city, but also gets that news is changing."