In the newspaper business, it all comes down to one little kid on a bicyle (these days, actually, it’s more likely to be his grandpa or grandma). Unfortunately, newspaper execs are so exhausted after putting their ailing OM products to bed, that trafficking copies once they leave the building too often appears to be beyond their abilities. Too bad and so sad. Yet another nail in the coffin.
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This Shoe cartoon is from around 1982.
When being a newsboy wasn’t kid’s play: From Time, 1931
Newsboys numbered 570,000: From Time, 1934
Newsboys no more: From Time, Feb 2011
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