LAT Still Hot Off The Press
Ed Fuentes
Nov 5 editions of the Los Angeles Times being delivered on Nov 6.
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — Can the Times' still sell papers? "Yes we can," is the refrain from Spring street.
Even today, the Los Angeles Times still has a line of people waiting to purchase copies of yesterday's day-after-election issue with the screaming headline “It’s Obama.”
Once inside the Spring street entrance, momento-seekers can also opt to buy a reproduction of a printer's plate. One big advantage: the plate won't yellow with age. It's also easier to frame.
According to an inside source -- a staffer who has been bombarded by family and friends to get copies for their own collection -- the Times printed 100,000 extra papers yesterday and another 25,000 today. The same story is being repeated across the country with other papers.
There doesn't seem to be a limit to how many copies an individual can purchase. Some people are walking out of the Times today with 25 papers. One wonders if special Obama issues are the key to fixing the Times' circulation woes. Surely marketing has a few people on that right now.
Bert Green on November 06, 2008, at 01:44PM – #1
How retro.
Heather on November 06, 2008, at 01:47PM – #2
Even better, when I went to get a copy last night, I saw they were selling metal lithographs for $10 of the front page.
Better because while everyone wants to save this historic paper, realistically it will get old and yellow and mildewy.
I bought the metal lithograph, as that will last for a keepsake for your grandkids.
Juanito on November 06, 2008, at 06:29PM – #3
It's time,
for the Times
to tear down
that big ugly parking garage
that covers over
so much history!
On Spring, On Broadway.
Tornadoes28 on November 07, 2008, at 08:05AM – #4
I got my copy there yesterday also.