Daily Archives: 2 September 2007

One city’s disaster is a boon for its newspaper

When Katrina crushed New Orleans, its circulation was down to zero from 245,000. It lost 20 per cent of its staff, mostly due to personal reasons. Still, the Times-Picayune, the 171-year-old daily based in the Big Easy, is an odd success story in an industry reeling from bad news. “We’re a relatively healthy business again…