Oprah Winfrey boosts newspaper sales in Chicago
Posted by Robb Montgomery on November 7, 2008 at 6:29 PM
The Chicago Sun-Times reported that it printed an additional 350,000 papers Thursday after popular talk show host, Oprah Winfrey called the paper's Nov. 5 edition - 'The best paper in the world" on her show. The paper had already printed 500,000 copies the day before.
Links to today's discussions about the historic front pages from the U.S. election.
Election maps as quantitative, rathern geographical, devices
European papers make the same choices too, sometimes
Rejected* Chicago Tribune front page
Obama Pages One: International newspapers and Oprah Winfrey
Alternate weekly election covers
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ul.ul1 {list-style-type: none</style></div><form mt:asset-id="1411" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/oprah-oabama.jpg"><img alt="oprah-oabama.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2008/11/oprah-oabama-thumb-200x179.jpg" class="mt-image-right" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px; float: right;" height="179" width="200" /></a></form>The Chicago Sun-Times reported that it printed an additional 350,000 papers Thursday after popular talk show host, Oprah Winfrey called the paper's Nov. 5 edition - <a href="http://video.ap.org/v/default.aspx?f=ILCHS&g=700cf3ae-4f59-4213-906b-47aeb606a07b&mk=en-ap&fg=svip_copy">'The best paper in the world</a>" on her show. The paper had already printed 500,000 copies the day before.
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<p>Links to today's discussions about the historic front pages from the U.S. election.<br /></p>
<a href="http://www.visualeditors.com/apple/2008/11/ten-editors-and-designers-sound-off-on-election-poster-fronts/"><b>Ten editors and designers sound off on Election poster fronts</b></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.visualeditors.com/apple/2008/11/election-maps-as-quantitative-rathern-geographical-devices/"><b>Election maps as quantitative, rathern geographical, devices</b></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.visualeditors.com/apple/2008/11/european-papers-make-the-same-choices-too-sometimes/"><b>European papers make the same choices too, sometimes</b></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.visualeditors.com/apple/2008/11/rejected-chicago-tribune-front-page/"><b>Rejected* Chicago Tribune front page</b></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.robbmontgomery.com/2008/11/obama-oprah-pages-one-international-newspapers/"><b>Obama Pages One: International newspapers and Oprah Winfrey</b></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.visualeditors.com/apple/2008/11/alternate-weekly-election-covers/"><b>Alternate weekly election covers</b></a><br /><a href="http://www.visualeditors.com/apple/2008/11/another-amusing-obama-cover-from-an-alt-weekly/"><b><br /></b></a>&title=<b>Oprah Winfrey</b> boosts newspaper sales in Chicago){kind=link}
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