DENVER—Coloradans joined the rush to pick up copies of Wednesday’s newspapers declaring Barack Obama’s historic victory.
Across the country, newsstands, convenience stores and vending machines sold out of as people picked up multiple copies so they could have a keepsake.
At the Tattered Cover Book Store in downtown Denver, manager Ernie Garrison ordered hundreds of extra copies of The New York Times to meet demand. Some of his customers had been driving around looking in vain for newspapers at grocery stores and convenience stores. He says demand for actual printed news hadn’t been this strong since the Sept. 11 attacks.
The Denver Newspaper Agency, which manages business operations for the Rocky Mountain News and The Denver Post, said commemorative editions of Wednesday’s paper will be on sale at grocery, convenience and gas station outlets Thursday morning.
