Well to help the sales the TP can put QR code on the sides of their newspaper dispensers, which will promote accessing the e-papers from local business, who already sold the space for to have them. So that the businesses don't get hurt from the lack of foot traffic.

QR codes are on the way out. DigiMarc will be the new standard.

The idea is the same.

I think the decision by the Picayune highlights one of the dangers of the emerging technology culture. It's indicative of the fact that many who rely strictly on digital technology are becoming rootless. I worry that the demise of print media is just another loss of tangible history that won't be preserved for future generations. One of the great images of American history is Truman holding up a paper with the infamous "Dewey defeats Truman" header.Go to any sports bar or restaurant in Baton Rouge or New Orleans and there are front pages from The Advocate and the TP celebrating Saints and LSU championships. These are artifacts of our time. I'm 27 and a member of the so-called Millenial generation. I love the access that technology provides, but with that access comes a sense of immediacy that gives no regard to posterity. That said, to be competitive you have to move to digital. I'm just worried about the effect a digital world will have on future generations and their connections with their own past.

Rally to Save the paper is today...here are the details?
www.bayoubuzz.com/buzz/item/4285-new-orl...-to-stay-print-daily

Will a rally today help keep the paper in New Orleans? I personally think there is a better way to "save the TP". but the city leaders should be applauded for their efforts.

Here is a recent chat from Poynter as to whether the TP and others can survive with 4-days a week publications. bit.ly/Mfibee

Read: www.bayoubuzz.com/blogs/blog/2012/06/06/...picayune-and-others/

Here are few new articles from Bayoubuzz on the T-P situation:
http://www.bayoubuzz.com/buzz/item/7397-new-orleans-times-picayune-digital-media-future-shock-is-no-gas by Stephen Sabludowsky

and this one by Sid Arroyo.

Personally, I think Stephen is right to point out that the future is largely online. But that doesn't mean there isn't a place for local dailies in print format. The traditional media will have to revamp, and that very well could include significant reductions in staff.

Sid hits on a point that I think needs to be brought out and that is the influence of corporations and corporate profit concerns. The T-P, reportedly, was profitable. It may not have stayed that way, but it was at the time of the axing. From the outpouring of support from the New Orleans community, it's also clear that there is a loyal and dedicated readership for the traditional paper. What is striking is just how little the corporate officers of Advance/Newhouse care about the people of New Orleans. It's understandable as those officers don't live and work in the city, but that's just it - the T-P was a paper for the community of New Orleans. The ones responsible for dismantling it are not.

The reality is media has to change. We are experiencing a time of adjustment as we figure out how to handle the new reality of life in the internet age. There are a number of questions that still have yet to be answered (and maybe even a few yet to be asked).