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''The Advocate'' is Louisiana's largest daily newspaper. Based in Baton Rouge, it serves the southern portion of the state, including Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Lafayette. It also publishes weekly entertainment magazines: ''Red'' in Baton Rouge and Lafayette, and ''Beaucoup'' in New Orleans. == History == The oldest ancestor of the modern paper was the ''Democratic Advocate'', an anti-Whig, pro-Democrat periodical established in 1842. Another newspaper, the ''Louisiana Capitolian'', was established in 1868 and soon merged with the then-named ''Weekly Advocate''. By 1889 the paper was being published daily. In 1904, a new owner, William Hamilton, renamed it ''The Baton Rouge Times'' and later ''The State-Times'', a paper with emphasis on local news.〔http://theadvocate.com/help/162826-75/the-advocate-history.html〕 In 1909, ''The State-Times'' was acquired by Capital City Press, a company newly founded by Charles P. Manship Sr. and James Edmonds. Manship purchased his partner's interest in 1912. In 1925, Manship also began publishing the morning ''Advocate'' to focus on national news. The Manship family became an influential force in Baton Rouge, later adding radio station WJBO and television station WBRZ-TV. ''The State-Times'', an afternoon publication, ceased in October 1991. ''The Advocate'' remains the sole descendant of the original 1842 paper. The Manship family's Capital City Press company continued to own and operate ''The Advocate'' until 2013. On October 1, 2012, under the Manships, ''The Advocate'' began printing and distributing a daily New Orleans edition for both newsstand and home delivery. This was due to a perceived gap in the market〔Murphy, Paul. "(The Advocate overwhelmed with subscribers, leaving some waiting on papers )." ''WWLTV''. October 5, 2012. Retrieved on October 10, 2012.〕 that materialized when New Orleans' longtime daily paper, ''The Times-Picayune'', announced it would cut back its print publication to only three days a week. In March 2013, New Orleans businessman John Georges, who ran unsuccessfully in 2007 as an Independent for governor of Louisiana, signed a letter of intent to purchase ''The Advocate''. Georges completed the deal to buy ''The Advocate'' on April 30, 2013; he co-owns the newspaper with his wife, Dathel, through a holding company, Georges Media.〔http://theadvocate.com/news/13067139-123/john-georges-hands-advocate-publishers〕 The newspaper's circulation in 2013 was 98,000 (daily) and 125,000 (Sunday) as a result of its entry into and 20,000 subscriptions in the New Orleans market. Georges is chief executive of Georges Media; Dan Shea is publisher of ''The Advocate'', and Peter Kovacs is editor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Georges buys 'The Advocate' )〕 ''The Advocate'' relaunched its New Orleans edition August 18, 2013, as ''The New Orleans Advocate'' and later added ''The Acadiana Advocate'', a third edition serving Lafayette and the Acadiana region. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Advocate (Louisiana)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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