It is a familiar sight in any pub, cafe or train carriage – newspapers being left on seats for others to read, passed from friend to friend, or even handed over to curious strangers. But in Morocco, the practice has been banned after publishers complained they were losing millions in revenue because people kept sharing them. Members of the Moroccan Federation of Newspaper Publishers (FMEJ) said the habit of “leaving newspapers behind in public places” was costing their industry $150m each year in lost revenue.
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Old Media Suffers From Yet Another New Media Problem – Sharing Newspapers Must Stop
Published June 22, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: FMEJ, Moroccan Federation of Newspaper Publishers, Morocco, New Media, newspaper, Old Media, sharing media
French Newspaper Publishes Every 4 Years
Published April 3, 2014 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: February 29, France, humor, La Bougie du Sapeur, leap day, leap year, newspaper
According to wikipedia – La Bougie du Sapeur, first published in 1980, is a humorous French newspaper published every February 29—i.e., once every four years. Its most recent edition was issued on February 29, 2012. There have been nine editions of this newspaper to date.
Print Is Not Dead – It’s Just Retiring [video]
Published August 21, 2013 Uncategorized 1 CommentTags: bookstore, magazine, newspaper, Old Media, print media, retirement, transition, video
Bit Of History – 1986 Shuttle Disaster
Published May 21, 2013 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: 1971, 1986, 8-track tape, Andy Economy, Cape Canaveral, Challenger disaster, Christa McAuliffe, Dr. Alice Purdes, eight track, Ellison Onizuka, Francis Scobee, Globe Democrat, Granite City, Gregory Jarvis, history, Illinois, Judith Resnik, Madison, Marvin Owca, Michael Smith, Missouri, NASA, newspaper, O-ring, picture phone, picturephone, President Reagan, Ronald McNair, Ronald Reagan, Saint Louis, Sam Economy, space exploration, space shuttle, space shuttle challenger, St. Louis, Sydney Shedd, William Papa
I just uploaded four newspaper pages from the the day that the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on take-off in January of 1986. The crew member who is most remembered is teacher, Christa McAuliffe. Also added a few odds and ends of local news. Of particular interest are tech-related stories from 1971 that feature the picturephone and bootleg 8-track tapes.
Local odds and ends HERE and HERE
Classic Newspapers – The Big Snow of 1982
Published February 21, 2013 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: 1982, Big Snow of 1982, blizzard, Christopher Bond, classic newspaper, climate change, Gene McNary, Granite City, history, Illinois, Madison, Missouri, MODOT, newspaper, Saint Louis, snow storm, snowpocolypse, St. Louis, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Vincent Schoemehl, weather
Most St. Louisans (at least the ones who are 40 or older) remember the snow storm of 1982 as the ‘Big One’ that virtually shut down the city. A week after the storm, the Post-Dispatch published a special section covering the event. All 12 pages of that section have just added to HotMeatloaf.com.
View the Big Snow section HERE
Old Time Sunday Newspaper Flyers
Published October 24, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: 1970s clothing, advertising, Best Buy, classic newspaper, K Mart, newspaper, old time, Radio Shack, Radioshack, Sunday Newspaper Flyers, technology, Walgreens
Four advertising flyers have recently been added to my classic newspaper site, STLPapers.epizy.com. They’re all complete and in full color. From 1975, there are flyers from K Mart and Walgreens. Techies will love the two flyers from 1990 – Best Buy and Radio Shack flyers feature the best of 22 year old technology.
Classic Newspapers From 1981
Published August 16, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: 1981, Alexander Haig, assassination, classic newspaper, Dr. Dennis O'Leary, Globe Democrat, history, James Brady, John Hinckley, Missouri, newspaper, Politics, Post Dispatch, President Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Saint Louis, shooting, St. Louis, Thomas Delahanty, Timothy J. McCarthy
STLPapers.epizy.com, my site for classic newspapers has just added 11 pages from March 31, 1981. That was the day that John Hinckley attempted to assassinate President Reagan outside a Washington DC hotel. Scanned pages from both the St.Louis Globe-Democrat and St.Louis Post-Dispatch are included.
Read the papers from 1981 HERE
See what else is available HERE
A Secret Service agent with an automatic weapon drawn, moments after the shooting.
White Out? That’s Not White Out! [comic]
Published June 28, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: bird droppings, cartoon, comic, correction fluid, critic, editor, funny, humor, newspaper, pic, poop, revision, typo, White Out, Wite Out, Ziggy
New York Times ‘Lively Morgue’ [video]
Published May 11, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: archive, clippings, history, library, Lively Morgue, New York Times, newspaper, photography, video
New Site For History Buffs
Published January 9, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: 1963, assassination, Bob Keeshan, Captain Kangaroo, conspiracy, Dallas, ephemera, history, J.D.Tippit, Jack Ruby, Jacqueline Kennedy, JFK, John F. Kennedy, Lawrence K.Roos, Lee Harvey Oswald, Leonor K. Sullivan, Lyndon Johnson, newspaper, old papers, Politics, President Kennedy, Raymond Tucker, St. Louis, St.Louis Globe-Democrat, St.Louis Post-Dispatch, Texas
STLPapers.epizy.com just launched with the purpose of displaying scans of old newspapers. Currently, the only content on the site is some newspapers from immediately after President Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. History fans and people interested in old stuff may find something of interest there.