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LAT Still Hot Off The Press

By Ed Fuentes
Published: Thursday, November 06, 2008, at 01:14PM

on this day Ed Fuentes [Flickr]

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.



Comments

1
Bert Green writes:

How retro.

# on Nov.06.2008 AT 01:44 PM
2
Heather writes:

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.

# on Nov.06.2008 AT 01:47 PM
3
Juanito writes:

It's time,

for the Times

to tear down

that big ugly parking garage

that covers over

_so much history!_

On Spring, On Broadway.

# on Nov.06.2008 AT 06:29 PM
4
Tornadoes28 writes:

I got my copy there yesterday also.

# on Nov.07.2008 AT 08:05 AM

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