Washington City Paper Starts Using Hawkers

june 3, 2005  12:00 pm
Washington City Paper Starts Using Hawkers
With retail outlets down and competition up, the Capital's alt-weekly has turned to street hawkers to help it get the paper into readers' hands, reports the Washington Post. While the District's free commuter dailies employ hawkers during morning rush hours, the City Paper crew hit the streets Thursday afternoon, to target readers leaving work during "happy hour," says publisher Amy Austin.