Shocking Cuts At New Orleans Paper, Couric's Invitation To Palin, Rather's Blistering Critique

Thursday, May 24, 2012

New Orleans Paper Facing Shocking Cuts

The New Orleans Times-Picayune, the paper that became internationally famous for its courageous reporting during Hurricane Katrina, is facing steep cuts and will end its 175-year history of daily publication, the paper announced Thursday. The move will leave New Orleans as the biggest city in the United States without a major daily paper.

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