So in NYC, there are these free daily newspapers they give out near subways and in boxes around the city. They're actually quite good - they give brief, to-the-point articles.
Prior to May, there was only one free daily newspaper where they would have a guy giving it out by subway entrances called AM New York. It was the only game in town.
Then ... PRESTO! Metro New York showed up - the NYC version of a London paper. Now there was friction. TWO competing free daily newspapers!
My point is, there are now two guys trying to give out competing free papers at each subway entrance, one wearing a read smock for AM New York, and one guy wearing a green shirt for the Metro. I wonder if they clash each morning. I wonder if they go home each day deflated because people took the other guy's paper.
I wonder if they fight for position every day - recently, the AM New York guy has been at the entrance of the subway, and the Metro guy was inside the subway - so the AM New York guy would get people as they entered, and then the Metro guy would ask, "Would you like a Metro as well?" And of course, I say no, I can barely finish the one paper, much less two.
Anyway. I think there should be like a big Metro vs. AM New York fight on TV. I'd pay to watch that.
Friday, May 28, 2004
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