Chris Freiberg, a reporter at the Daily News-Miner in Fairbanks, Alaska, created Buy a Newspaper Day the day with a site on Facebook. It took place on Monday this week. Editor and Publisher has some coverage on the idea. I like the initiative. A check of Google News shows that it did not receive much coverage in newspapers. The blogosphere has considerably more coverage.
Like Magazine Week in the UK, Buy a Newspaper Day is designed to (re)focus the mind of consumers on print media.
Mark, the date given on the facebook page is february 13….perhaps something to give a push, along the lines of the newsagent ads you started? Surely the publishers would get behind this?
Actually, my apologies, seems I found a look a like!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=47735218699