New Orleans Advocate purchases Times-Picayune, nola.com

Does The Athletic cover LSU baseball?

 

@JoeSchiefelbein What happens when no news is ever broken on the Pels? Isn't that a huge thing in the NBA nowadays? Like when AD was demanding his trade etc. Tough to break news when you're not there or if AD say refuses to play in a road game. Still, sounds like you guys did pretty well for the most part without a FT Pels writer as you laid out.

 

random thought: I would like to see stats for the NBA, NFL and other sports on the amount of news breaks that come from national vs. local beat writers. I feel like the NBA, with Woj and Shams etc., probably has the highest percentage of newsbreaks going to national reporters.

 

i believe the T-P has stopped printing and the merger has been effectuated, Is that correct? If so, how many T-P staffers got picked up by the Advocate?

 

Advocate takes the reins on Sunday at midnight.

In New Orleans, two rival newspaper organizations become one this weekend - Poynter

 

First joint-masthead cover: