by georgewpuser | Jun 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
huffingtonpost.com BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The new owner of Baton Rouge’s daily newspaper, The Advocate, is vowing to keep publishing daily and to beef up coverage in New Orleans — escalating competition with The Times-Picayune, which angered some readers last...
by georgewpuser | May 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
businessreport.com In 1999, John Georges went into the tugboat business. It was unchartered territory for him. Though he had a successful wholesale distribution company and a thriving video poker business, offshore maritime was a totally new ballgame. But Georges is...
by georgewpuser | May 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
wwno.org The Advocate is Louisiana’s largest daily print newspaper, based in Baton Rouge. As of last week, it has a new owner. New Orleans businessman John Georges bought the paper from the Manship family, the paper’s owners for over a century. The Advocate is...
by georgewpuser | May 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
wwltv.com NEW ORLEANS – It’s official – New Orleans entrepreneur John Georges is the new owner of “The Advocate,” and he is vowing to give The Times-Picayune a run for its money. Melanie Hebert sat down with Georges for his first...
by georgewpuser | May 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
bestofneworleans.com The Advocate, which moved into the New Orleans market from Baton Rouge earlier this year in response to The Times-Picayune going to a three-day-per-week production schedule, has been sold to New Orleans businessman and sometime-political candidate...
