Money | newspaper Extra! Extra! Obama Win Sells Out Newspapers Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, others go back to presses By Kevin Spak Posted Nov 5, 2008 10:14 AM CST Copied A woman walks past sold-out USA Today and New York Times newspaper racks, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008, in Los Angeles, a day after the election of Barack Obama to the presidency. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) Barack Obama’s victory was excellent news for the newspaper business. Papers sold out so fast the Chicago Tribune, Washington Post and Cincinnati Enquirer fired up presses for a second run, with the Post rattling off 150,000 extra copies. Lines formed outside the New York Times building and Tribune Tower; the Atlanta Journal-Constitution went so far as to move single-copy sales outside to keep up. Read These Next Trump, Johnson aren't happy with pick for Super Bowl headliner. SCOTUS sounds skeptical about law banning gay conversion therapy. Felix Baumgartner's death attributed to his own error. It's being called a disturbing trend: paragliders with bombs. Report an error