The elaborate fake New York Times stunt may have cost up to $250,000. Though the group claiming responsibility for printing and distributing over one million copies of a July 4, 2009 edition says their costs were $100,000, the NY Post's experts believe that printing a 14-page, 4-color paper are closer to a quarter million for that many copies. Also, a number of groups were involved: A press release mentioned "The Yes Men, the Anti-Advertising Agency,......

The NY Times may have seen huge demand for its post-Election 2008 edition and it might be a worthy target to spoof, but there's a dark side to all of this: Its stock is at a 52-week-low. The Observer notes that it hit "another 52-week low today, falling to $7.70 today" (another because yesterday was its 52-week-low) which "puts the Company's market cap at $1.1 billion. By comparison, last year at this time the Company's......

Update III: Here's a second video of the Fake NY Times (aka "New York Times Special Edition") being handed out: Earlier coverage and updates below: This morning, New Yorkers are being offered free copies of the New York Times--which happen to be fake. One reader tells us, "After taking it I realized that the date was 7/4/09, and the headline read 'Iraq War Over'. It's full of fake articles, fake ads (even a Dr Zizmor......

According to its Twitter, the NY Times is going back to the presses once again to print another 150,000 copies of the November 5 "OBAMA" edition. This comes after the Times already printed 35% more issues (150,000) on Wednesday and reprinted another 75,000 after the demand. It's unclear where the extra copies will be sold--we guess at the Times headquarters plus maybe some more commuter hubs, like Penn Station, Grand Central, and the Port Authority.......

Today's newspaper front pages are less exciting than yesterday's President-elect Obama covers, now that the reality of dealing with the worst economy in decades, two wars, and uniting the whole country is setting in. However, Newsday (above) has a wrapped cover, with Obama's image on the front and back. After the newspapers went back to the presses to keep up with demand, the NY Times has now made yesterday's copy available to anyone willing......

This is the cover of a later editon of Daily News' "Election Extra" with Barack and Michelle Obama. The paper printed an additional 100,000 copies! However, it's unclear if that will feed the fever for post-election newspapers.......

Photograph by John Niedermeyer at nedward.org With newspapers flying off newsstands and trucks--even being swiped from neighbors -- the NY Times will print another 50,000 copies of its post-election issue, according to Editor & Publisher. Perhaps seeing the line of people outside the NY Times Building helped seal the decision--John Niedermeyer writes "there are a hundred or so people standing on line outside the Times headquarters, waiting for a fresh delivery of news, printed......

In a moment, yesterday's lines and waits to vote are a mere memory as people struggle to get copies of today's post-election newspapers as keepsakes. We're hearing that many newsstands are sold out! NYC the Blog's Paolo Mastrangelo tells us:The news stand on the corner of 145th and St. Nicholas, which consists of a gentleman who sets up two tables every morning to sell the newspapers, has been sold out since 5:45 am. He sets......

The NY Times reports that the Star-Ledger, NJ's largest paper (15th largest in the country, with a daily circulation of 345,000), "will cut its newsroom staff about 40 percent by year’s end, one of the largest reductions in a single move by a major American paper." This comes after grim talk from its publisher, Advance Publications, saying that the newspaper would fold if there were not a number of concessions made from staff and unions.......

Today was the first day of the NY Times' new section consolidation. The main difference is that the Metro section is no longer--Metro-related stories are now in Section A Monday through Saturday. Business and Sports will be combined Tuesday through Friday (just think--after reading about your tanking stocks, you get to read about the crappy Knicks!). As the letter from NY Times Senior VP of Marketing and Circulation Yasmin Namini said, "Please note that were......

There have been worries that NJ's biggest paper, the Star-Ledger, will close, as it has been losing $30-40 million a year. The publisher outlined that it could stay opened if 200 buyouts are accepted by staff and union concession are met. Last week, its mailers union agreed to a new deal and yesterday the deliverers union reached a deal with Advance. Now all that's left is finding 200 employees willing to take buyouts, but Advance......

Photo of editor Seth Lipsky addressing The Sun staff yesterday courtesy Konrad Fiedler/The Sun. Despite a record-breaking month for advertising revenues, The Sun published its last edition today. Started in 2002, the neoconservative daily lasted just long enough to publish on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, surviving into year 5769 of the Jewish calendar. Editor Seth Lipsky addressed the staff in the paper's Lower Manhattan newsroom yesterday; excerpts from his remarks were published......

It's almost the end of September and the NY Sun's future is still questionable. The NY Times looks at the fate of the broadsheet and speaks with its editor Seth Lipsky, who says, "I haven’t raised all that I need, but I’ve raised a lot," but admitted the paper is in a "tight spot." Still some wonder if the paper can ever be profitable; currently, its paid circulation is 14,000 and "it gives away about......

The Observer reports that the NY Times will announce later today "that it plans to cut the number of sections it has in the paper during some days of the week and it will fold in the Metro Section and Sports section into other sections of the newspaper." Sources tell the Observer, "the Metro Section is moving into the A-section and the Sports section will move into the Business section for some portion of the......

In today's NY Sun, there's a letter from editor Seth Lipsky warning that the paper may fold at the end of the month if they don't "find additional financial backing" (he calls current investors keeping the paper afloat "heroic"). Lipsky acknowledges their goal "of providing an alternative to the New York Times in coverage of New York City, politics, foreign policy, and culture" "was an optimistic project," but is proud of its "journalistic credibility and......

The MTA is sick and tired of your careless newspaper disposal, so they made a mock newspaper to school you in changing your ways! WNBC reports on the Subway Gazette, which outlines the hot topics underground, including how your trash can lead to subway delays.Once on the tracks, trash can help spark track fires or clog drains along the roadbed and that can lead to flooding. Smoke conditions and flooding lead to delays in train......

The local papers have weighed in and made the Mets' firing of manager Willie Randolph their number 1, 2 and 3 topics. Angry over how Randolph was fired (flying him all the way out to Los Angeles?!? And Omar Minaya claiming that the media speculation pushed him to fire Randolph?), yes, but the tabloids were probably angry over something else: The fact that the firing took place around midnight PST/3 a.m. ESt, which meant it was too late to get into yesterday papers! So today, it's all about the Mets....

The Post is doubling its weekday price to 50 cents. Why? It's the "result of increased production and transportation costs." The Post's owner, News Corp./Rupert Murdoch, first offered the tabloid for 25 cents in 2000. When the Post managed to surpass its archrival, the NY Daily News, in circulation in 2007, the Post went back on sale at 50 cents, but for only 10 days, leading Daily News editor Martin Dunn to say, "We did......

If there's one thing to warm up New Yorkers - and New York newspaper editors thinking about a holiday issue - today, it's the Giants' NFC Championship win over the Green Bay Packers. Let's look at how they touted the big win. The Post opts for quarterback Eli Manning on the cover and kicker Lawrence Tynes on the back sports cover. Points for puns on both headlines. The Daily News and Newsday both use the......

When we saw today’s edition of The New York Times we did a double take since it was in black and white above the fold. The black and white fifty year old photo of presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his father gave a classic retro look to the paper, making newsstands throughout the city look like there was a bit of a time warp among the stacks of newspapers. You may remember that the......