The Los Angeles Times, owned by the Tribune Company, has sold $686,000 worth of Obama items. Sales of merchandise by The New York Times, which is devoting part of its online store to the president-elect (nytstore.com/obama), “are between $1 million to $2 million,” a spokeswoman for The New York Times Company, Catherine J. Mathis, said last week; the figures include revenue from reprints of the Nov. 5 issue of the newspaper.The Tribune Company started early.Check out the photo.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
The MSM's Profits on Obama Merchandise
The New York Times reports: