It’s been a tough year for newspapers. Then Sen. Barack Obama became president elect and you couldn’t find a newspaper anywhere.
The Charlotte Observer was sold out yesterday and had to run a second printing. It was the same story across the country.
For a change, the black man on the front page wasn’t a killer, athlete, rapist or singer. He’s the next president of the United States. I’m not saying the black man single-handedly saved the daily papers, but he came pretty close.
Too bad Creative Loafing is a weekly! Damn!
This article appears in Nov 4-11, 2008.
Why would you wish Creative Loafing was a daily? You’re a FREE publication. Plus, doesn’t your parent company owe the company that prints CL-Charlotte nearly a $100K?
I think she means so CL could put Obama on the cover … the paper was done a few days before the election results came in …