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How much money does the Advocate make?

Posted on 9/17/21 at 5:31 pm
Posted by whitetiger1234
They/Them
Member since Oct 2016
4881 posts
Posted on 9/17/21 at 5:31 pm
Just passed their nice arse building off of Siegen (for the millionth time) with their big electronic sign advertising their Ida coverage.

Obviously, newspapers are not the way that people get their news anymore, but I didn’t think their online coverage was all that much.

How are local outlets making any money?
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
75198 posts
Posted on 9/17/21 at 5:32 pm to
$3,500,000
Posted by Fenster
Member since Mar 2008
841 posts
Posted on 9/17/21 at 5:32 pm to
Negative Eleventy.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164137 posts
Posted on 9/17/21 at 5:34 pm to
They built all that stuff before Trump broke the media's brains and they went insane. They were doing better back when they moved there from Bluebonnet.
This post was edited on 9/17/21 at 5:35 pm
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
35115 posts
Posted on 9/17/21 at 5:36 pm to
Most of their profit comes from throwing unwanted papers in my yard it would seem.
Posted by deathvalleyfreak43
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
13233 posts
Posted on 9/17/21 at 5:36 pm to
There is no way they are profitable
Posted by ellishughtiger
70118
Member since Jul 2004
21135 posts
Posted on 9/17/21 at 5:38 pm to
Funded by other larger media conglomerates and PAC’s
Posted by ct4lsu
BR
Member since Jan 2008
1024 posts
Posted on 9/17/21 at 5:41 pm to
All I know is that they were asking for donations for the writers last year.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
63999 posts
Posted on 9/17/21 at 5:41 pm to
NOLA billionaire John Georges bought it about 10 years ago for a song, and runs it as a hobby.
Posted by thegambler
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2012
1424 posts
Posted on 9/17/21 at 5:41 pm to
Better than getting your info from next door.
Posted by beauxgy
LA
Member since Feb 2007
3461 posts
Posted on 9/17/21 at 5:42 pm to
There's no way they are making a profit to spew that swill.

Here is at least one grant they received to stay afloat and continue to spread their Marxist propaganda:

Ford Foundation Grant



Eta, their desperate attempts to get people to subscribe to that garbage have been a miserable and embarrassing failure. They can barely give it away.
This post was edited on 9/17/21 at 5:47 pm
Posted by James11111
Walnut Creek
Member since Jul 2020
4659 posts
Posted on 9/17/21 at 5:44 pm to
The Advocate is a tool. John Georges gets power ( and probably money ) to report the way “ special interest “ would like. This technique is as old as civilization.
Posted by Lee Beauregard
NOLA
Member since May 2018
503 posts
Posted on 9/17/21 at 7:15 pm to
In this particular case
The way it works is your families Gas distribution companies cover all operating costs.
Basically, George’s case He bought a megaphone/ influencer type of investment..is what the Advocate is.
It generates money of ad revenue, clicks etc... but not what it used to.
Posted by ifyoubuildit
Member since Jan 2018
175 posts
Posted on 9/17/21 at 7:22 pm to
Used to love reading the paper. I canceled my lifelong subscription to that piece of shite two years ago and will never read it again.
Posted by hankiba
Member since Feb 2017
325 posts
Posted on 9/17/21 at 7:33 pm to
They are not spending money on journalists and editors. My 7th graders write better than these hacks.
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73681 posts
Posted on 9/17/21 at 7:53 pm to
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and runs it to manipulate politics.
This post was edited on 9/17/21 at 7:54 pm
Posted by goldennugget
Hating Masks
Member since Jul 2013
24514 posts
Posted on 9/17/21 at 7:55 pm to
Newspapers don't make a lot of money. A lot of them are owned by bigger conglomerates that offer other services and products than just newspapers so those bigger conglomerates can offset the bleeding from the papers.

The real value the newspapers have is narrative engineering and propaganda pushing.
Posted by hawkster
Member since Aug 2010
6229 posts
Posted on 9/17/21 at 7:56 pm to
If they make a dime, it’s too much.
Posted by cyarrr
Prairieville
Member since Jun 2017
3354 posts
Posted on 9/17/21 at 8:06 pm to
quote:

Better than getting your info from next door


Arguably not much better.
Posted by SpotCheckBilly
Member since May 2020
6465 posts
Posted on 9/17/21 at 8:09 pm to
Newspapers were quite profitable at one time, but those days are long gone.
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