A newspaper vending machine or newspaper rack is a vending machine designed to distribute newspapers. Newspaper vending machines are used all over the world, and they often become one of the major distribution methods for newspaper publishers.
According to the American Newspaper Association, more recently in the United States, circulation through newspaper vending machines has dropped significantly: in 1996, about 46% of the best-selling newspapers were sold in newspaper boxes, and by 2014, only 20% newspapers are sold in boxes.
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History
Coin-operated coinage vending machines were invented in 1947 by inventor George Thiemeyer Hemmeter. The Hemmeter Company, Serven Vendor Company, is headquartered in Berkeley, California, and has built rural mailboxes and honor shelves. The new inventions can be customized to receive coins of different denominations (depending on the cost of the paper being sold). The newspaper rack can be used with one hand, and takes about 30 seconds to remove the paper. Two models, one with capacity for 1250 pages of newsprint, 2500 other pages, were put into production initially. By 1987, more than one million machines had been distributed.
Legal issues
In the United States, publishers have said that the distribution of newspapers through road shelves is "an important method of communicating information to the public" and that the rules regarding their placement constitute a violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
In 1983, the city of Lakewood, Ohio adopted a regulation that gave the mayor full control where the newspaper rack could be placed, and which newspaper could be placed in it. On June 17, 1988, the regulation was annulled by the United States Supreme Court in a 4-3 ruling, stating that the regulation was potentially used to punish newspapers that criticized local authorities.
Re-projecting
Newspaper vending machines are losing popularity as many newspapers turn to online distribution, and as newspaper prices rise; because most vending machines are completely mechanical without moving parts, some of them have paper currency validators that require some sort of electric power to work, needing a lot of money or a dollar coin to be inserted. This is especially true for Sunday newspapers (eg $ 6 New York Times nationally and takes 24 quarters in the vending machine), which sees machines not being filled by some papers because some Their large edition reduces the number of copies that might be sold. In 2009, various artists and inventors began work by rearranging the boxes.
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Criticism
The newspaper vending machine has been criticized for sometimes failing to distribute newspapers after being paid. In addition, the design allows money or newspapers to be stolen from the machine. Newspaper machines are often cited by economists when discussing "utility values". Because of their design, one can enter the required amount and remove more than one copy of the newspaper. However, a second copy of the newspaper usually gives little value to the thief, since the information contained in the copy is identical; thus, the potential for loss of revenue due to stolen copies is reduced to the low value that the average person places on the second copy of the newspaper. However, the potential for additional copy theft is obviously problematic when the copy of the newspaper in question has potential future value, such as on the day after the election, sporting event, or major event in the world.
See also
- Vending machines
- Printing machine
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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