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Statistics
Revenue

  • $51,000 – 100,000

Primary revenue source(s)

  • Local advertising

Uptown Messenger
Louisiana
NOLA Messenger

Uptown Messenger is a local, independent online source of news, commerce and knowledge for Uptown New Orleans that had its formal launch in September 2010. Robert Morris is the publisher and the parent company is NolaMessenger.com. In 2013, Morris launched a second site, Mid-City Messenger. Revenue: Advertising, subscriptions. Bonus points: They built their own wiki.

City

New Orleans

State

LA

Year launched

2010

Tax status

  • LLC

Geographic scope

  • Neighborhood

Scope of coverage

  • Cover general local news

Topics of coverage

  • Crime & justice
  • Education & schools
  • Government & politics
  • Local business
  • Local events

Site Twitter handle

UptownMessenger