Declining Paper Sales Sink Landmark Harvard Sq. Kiosk

Stand has sold print for 50 years above university's T stop
By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 19, 2008 4:32 PM CST
Declining Paper Sales Sink Landmark Harvard Sq. Kiosk
The back window of Out of Town News in Harvard Square.   (©Dan4th)

Harvard Square will most likely soon lose the iconic newsstand that has operated there for 50 years, the Cambridge Chronicle reports. The lease for Out of Town News expires at the end of the month, and the business has declined to renew it because of poor sales. “Nobody buys newspapers anymore,” commented the stand’s general manager. “People are reading everything online mostly.” (More newspaper stories.)

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