Some good news to come out of Superstorm Sandy’s rampage on New York City: Newspapers are selling again. Selling out.
According to USA TODAY breaking news reporter and colleague Melanie Eversley:
… The mood was not so festive at the Pinaz newspaper-magazine shop on Sixth Avenue, where lights remained out and the atmosphere inside was dark and claustrophobic.
Cashier Shakeel Khan, 38, said Wednesday afternoon [Oct. 31] that the owner asked him to open up in the late morning, but so far, he’d had only eight customers. He said he planned to close early.
Newspapers were delivered that day, though, and he did sell out, he said.”
With no cell service, TV or Internet, people can’t get enough of the news that’s fit to print — even in the dark. In a post-apocalyptic world, we’ll be scratching out messages on papyrus leaves and burning them for heat. Usher in a modern media Dark Age.
GET ME REWRITE.
What’s wrong with this picture? … Yep, no distaff journos on staff.
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