Advocate owner ‘invested, involved’

theadvocate.com The Advocate is focused on serving all the communities in which the newspaper circulates, owner and Publisher John Georges said Tuesday. Georges bought The Advocate 11 months ago from the Manship family, which owned Louisiana’s largest daily newspaper...

Lemonade Day seeks 17,000 future tycoons

theneworleansadvocate.com Louisiana will welcome an estimated 17,000 new small businesses on May 3. Sure, they may only be in business for one day, but some believe that may be enough to energize the state’s future. That Saturday marks the fourth annual Lemonade Day...

Q&A with John Georges, owner of The Advocate

USA Today John Georges, the owner/publisher of the Advocate newspapers, says of his New Orleans edition that circulation will reach 30,000 to 35,0000 within the year. His goal is 50,000. According to the latest audit, he says, the circulation is nearing 25,000. Those...