Washington Post announced that they “sold out within hours” today

[underpants]

Newspapers announcing Obama victory fly off the racks.»

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/05/newspapers-obama-sold/

Even though it printed 30 percent more copies today, the Washington Post announced that they “sold out within hours” today as DC residents rushed to pick up a copy celebrating Obama’s historic victory. People were disappointed when Post circulation officials “closed the office doors and posted a sign saying ‘SOLD OUT.’” Similar stories were reported in Dayton, OH; Chicago; Miami; New York City; Atlanta; and Burbank, CA. Some shots of the empty newsstands by the ThinkProgress offices in downtown DC:


The Plank’s Isaac Chotiner recounted the scene at his local newsstand this morning: “Usually the place is full of businessmen purchasing the FT, and pointy-headed types perusing a foreign newspaper or intellectual journal. Today the line–consisting almost entirely of African-Americans–was stretching out the door. Customers were buying three or four or even ten copies of the Times and the Post. Today’s edition was one to keep.”

UPDATE: Later today, the Washington Post released another 150,000 copies of its commemorative election edition. The line stretched around the block.

[tekisui]

1. I woke up late, with a glorious headache,

I never found a paper. :-(

[huckleberry]

2. I got two of the commemorative copies tonight at my local Giant!!

I am soooo excited! It was just a fluke too because the copies were supposed to be at the Giant at 3:00 PM but they didn't get there until after 5:30 PM. I just happened to stop by the Giant on my way home from work and there they were! One is for me and one is for my favorite niece who is in her second year of law school at Syracuse University, which also happens to be Joe Biden's alma mater! Yay!! What a wonderful day!!!