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Loreto News

Worldtraveller - 4-18-2007 at 10:58 PM

I just saw a copy of a new monthly(?) newspaper - "Loreto News". It's bilingual, but seems to be addressed mainly at visitors & ex-pats, rather than Mexican locals. I haven't seen The Gringo Gazette in a while. Did this paper replace The Gringo Gazette?

Didn't have time to read it before moving on. What do people think about this newspaper?

Don Alley - 4-19-2007 at 06:19 AM

Seems mostly for visitors. Written in Spanish with translations in English. No real hard news; there was a story on water that made no sense, other than meters have been ordered. Lots of first-time visitor fluff.

I think the Gazette is still being published but not distributed in Loreto, and the Loreto pages are no longer in it.

backninedan - 4-19-2007 at 08:28 AM

Its not a "news" paper for sure. Really not sure just what they are trying to do with it. Nothing much of local interest and the balance can be found in any one of a dozen tourist flyers and booklets.

wilderone - 4-19-2007 at 09:09 AM

Who's the publisher? May be published by LB people - like some kind of neighborhood news crap, trying to unMexicanize Loreto. Do they have one of their sales promotion trips coming up?

Cypress - 4-19-2007 at 10:01 AM

The issue I'm holding in my hands states on the cover page that it's a "Bilingual Tourist Magazine".:spingrin::tumble:

vandenberg - 4-19-2007 at 10:17 AM

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Do they have one of their sales promotion trips coming up?



As a matter of fact, starting today. Had a streetsweeper, or some other kind of heavy equipment, in front of my house at 1.30 this morning cleaning up. I think the operator was lucky. No guns allowed in Mexico.:P:P:P

Must be X-Rated

Dave - 4-19-2007 at 10:22 AM

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Originally posted by Cypress
The issue I'm holding in my hands states on the cover page that it's a "Bilingual Tourist Magazine".:spingrin::tumble:

flyfishinPam - 4-19-2007 at 03:35 PM

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Originally posted by vandenberg
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Do they have one of their sales promotion trips coming up?



As a matter of fact, starting today. Had a streetsweeper, or some other kind of heavy equipment, in front of my house at 1.30 this morning cleaning up. I think the operator was lucky. No guns allowed in Mexico.:P:P:P


That's for President Calderon's visit to Loreto Bay. NFM:lol:

flyfishinPam - 4-19-2007 at 03:41 PM

As someone who may buy space in the new rag, it gives me a headache to read it. So not sure if it will pay off as it may have this effect on others too! I guess its for tourists and the copy makes no sense, true :lol: I think for the high season it may work out but we'll see for the rest of the year. The GG is still in business but its targeted at los Cabos. I did advertize in it for a few months but wasn't happy with the results so I pulled my ads. Shortly afterward the Loreto section disappeared. There was also the fact that the GG was not distributed well in Loreto which was my main concern. The Loreto News is its own publication and brand new. They're not very good about keeping office hours though.

Loreto Newspaper

Garry - 4-20-2007 at 07:22 AM

Hola All, Does the new paper show a website???