New Orleans CityBusiness
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New Orleans CityBusiness is a weekly business newspaper headquartered in Metairie, Louisiana
, USA.
Launched in 1980, CityBusiness covers the metropolitan New Orleans area , including the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain
. The paper also has a Web site to report breaking news. CityBusiness launched a blog in January 2007.
New Orleans Publishing Group, owned by Minneapolis-based Dolan Media Co. (NYSE: DM), publishes CityBusiness , the monthly North Shore Report and the Daily Journal of Commerce. NOPG also produces custom publications and an annual Book of Lists.
In 2009, the CityBusiness named Zach Kupperman an Innovator of the Year for his work on PolicyPitch
, a free website originally designed as a crowd-powered platform for ordinary people to create a change in their community.
forced CityBusiness out of its offices on the 14th floor of Heritage Plaza
, 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., when the Aug. 29, 2005, storm bore down on the city. The newspaper never stopped printing, despite the storm. Staff members were able to publish the paper out of the offices of The (Maryland) Daily Record, CityBusiness’ Baltimore-based sister publication. Staff members scattered across the United States filed stories to fill the paper’s pages and update the Web site. While Heritage Plaza remained closed – it did not reopen until November 2005 – CityBusiness operated out of offices in Baton Rouge. CityBusiness has since returned to Heritage Plaza.
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
, USA.
Launched in 1980, CityBusiness covers the metropolitan New Orleans area , including the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain
Lake Pontchartrain
Lake Pontchartrain is a brackish estuary located in southeastern Louisiana. It is the second-largest inland saltwater body of water in the United States, after the Great Salt Lake in Utah, and the largest lake in Louisiana. As an estuary, Pontchartrain is not a true lake.It covers an area of with...
. The paper also has a Web site to report breaking news. CityBusiness launched a blog in January 2007.
New Orleans Publishing Group, owned by Minneapolis-based Dolan Media Co. (NYSE: DM), publishes CityBusiness , the monthly North Shore Report and the Daily Journal of Commerce. NOPG also produces custom publications and an annual Book of Lists.
In 2009, the CityBusiness named Zach Kupperman an Innovator of the Year for his work on PolicyPitch
PolicyPitch
PolicyPitch is a crowd-powered platform that gives ordinary people the power to influence policy and change in their community. The site focuses on increasing transparency in government and providing tools for citizens to connect with their elected officials and include policy at the local and...
, a free website originally designed as a crowd-powered platform for ordinary people to create a change in their community.
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane KatrinaHurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
forced CityBusiness out of its offices on the 14th floor of Heritage Plaza
Heritage Plaza
Toowoomba's Heritage Plaza is the home of Heritage Building Society, Australia's largest building society.Heritage Plaza was constructed in the early 1980s as a purpose-built headquarters for the building society....
, 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., when the Aug. 29, 2005, storm bore down on the city. The newspaper never stopped printing, despite the storm. Staff members were able to publish the paper out of the offices of The (Maryland) Daily Record, CityBusiness’ Baltimore-based sister publication. Staff members scattered across the United States filed stories to fill the paper’s pages and update the Web site. While Heritage Plaza remained closed – it did not reopen until November 2005 – CityBusiness operated out of offices in Baton Rouge. CityBusiness has since returned to Heritage Plaza.