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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 20

D.C.'s The Newsroom Tries to Keep 1 of the Last Newsstands a Shopping Destination

Updated

Updated · The New York Times · Jun 20

D.C.'s The Newsroom Tries to Keep 1 of the Last Newsstands a Shopping Destination

1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 20

The Newsroom, a narrow Dupont Circle shop, is trying to preserve the newsstand as a place people still browse and buy rather than just scroll past headlines on phones.
Washington’s nonstop digital news cycle frames that effort: updates on Trump, Iran and Taiwan were spreading outside, while the shop’s papers and magazines still lagged the moment.
Stephen Bota’s store has become a holdout for a slower style of consuming news, drawing first-time visitors seeking obscure magazines and regulars picking up Sunday papers.
In a city shaped by viral clips and Truth Social bursts, the shop may be the last Washington newsstand whose main business is still selling news.

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