Word: newsstande
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...circulation man, Sherry was interested in (and depressed by) what appears to be an old Indian custom. Each newsstand dealer has a "readers' circle" of customers who await their turns to rent a copy of TIME or LIFE International for half the newsstand price...
Scoffing at Mason's figures, Purdy countercharged that Argosy, according to his own newsstand espionage report, had not even been making its circulation guarantee for the past year. Said Purdy: "Argosy's going to go down, because I'm going to push it down. I don't expect it to be around next year." As for True, Purdy said, it had just hit 1,500,000, and he was thinking of raising the guarantee...
Profit & Loss. Howard had been secretly dickering for the Sun since last January. Whenever rumors of a sale circulated, Publisher Thomas W. Dewart doused them with a standard gag: "The Sun is for sale for 5? a copy, on any newsstand-and in no other way." The deal was completed on Dec. 1, but announcement was delayed so Sun staffers could enjoy Christmas. Estimated price for the Sun's "name, good will and circulation lists," but not its plant in Lower Manhattan...