by: Timothy Boone | The Advocate

NEW ORLEANS — The Advocate marked the launch of its daily New Orleans edition Monday, as the newspaper moves to fill a void created by The Times-Picayune’s decision beginning Oct. 1 to publish three days a week.

More than 50 people attended a news conference at Rock ‘n’ Bowl on Monday, featuring a brass band and an introduction of the seven veteran Times-Picayune employees who have been hired to work so far in The Advocate’s New Orleans bureau.