The Courier is hogging all the usual Brooklyn Paper spots. They’ve been blasting Park Slope with copies — especially in places where the Brooklyn Paper is usually found.
Friday mornings they fill the shelf at Key Food. Then there’s hardly any room for the Brooklyn Paper, my paper, when it arrives.
Hepcat couldn’t find a Brooklyn Paper in the vestibule at Barnes and Noble last night. Last week there were Couriers at Cousin John’s and no Brooklyn Papers.
What is the deal?
They’re sending so many copies to Park Slope that there are hundreds left over by the end of the week just sitting there.
Is this a newspaper war? Is the Courier owned by Rupert Murdoch or something?
It’s always nice to have competition.
And, yes, as-your-formerly-employed-by editor knows, they’re financed by News Corp.
But they can’t drop the newsstand price … so they oversaturate the market with recyclables.