By: Joe Strupp
Updated at 5:55 p.m. Eastern Standard TimeAt least three daily papers, the New York
Daily News, the
San Francisco Chronicle, and the
Orlando (Fla.)
Sentinel, are publishing extra editions today, with late-breaking coverage of the U.S. attack on Iraq.
The
Daily News extra was set to hit the streets at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST), with a 32-page paper offering war news and some sports information, according to Editor-in-Chief Edward Kosner. The extra costs 50 cents -- the same price as the normal daily edition.
"We anticipated that there would be a lot of action after the normal close of the paper," Kosner said of his decision to publish a special edition. "We will have one on Friday as well." About 100,000 copies of the extra were being printed for distribution at newsstands, in newsracks, and by hawkers. The
Daily News also boosted its Thursday press run of the regular edition by another 100,000 copies, according to Jim Brill, senior vice president of circulation.
Neither of New York's other tabloids, the
New York Post or
Newsday, based in Melville, had plans for an extra on Thursday, although
Newsday was considering a wraparound for Friday's edition.
The
Chronicle, meanwhile, planned for a 16-page extra edition to be published by 2:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST), according to
Chronicle spokesman Joe Brown. He said 50,000 copies of the special paper were being printed and would cost 25 cents each.
The extra was prompted by the war and local protests that closed several busy intersections. "There is enormous news happening," Editor Phil Bronstein said about the need for an extra. "We can [do it]. We have a great newsroom staff that can do extraordinary things."
The
Chronicle also boosted the single-copy press runs for its Thursday regular edition by 40,000 copies, with plans for 50,000 additional copies of Friday's paper.
The
Orlando Sentinel's eight-page extra hit the streets Thursday at noon.
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If your newspaper is planning an extra edition or special section on the war, please e-mail
jstrupp@editorandpublisher.com.
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