Friday, October 21, 2005

"Hurricane-Damaged Alt Weekly to Return to N.O. in Nov." - Editor & Publisher

Clancy and Margo DuBos, who co-own the New Orleans-based Gambit Weekly, say the newspaper will be back in print on November 1. "There was never a nanosecond of doubt that we were coming back," Clancy explained in a statement. Hurricane Katrina left the Gambit's office submerged under more than two feet of water."We're about to celebrate our 25th anniversary [at the paper]. How could I work that hard and get the company where it is and walk away from that? It was just unfathomable to me to try and comprehend," said Margo DuBos.

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