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724 Front Pages Feature Obama Win

by Karen Hatter | November 6, 2008 at 02:14 pm

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From the Anniston Star, in Alabama to Ultimas Noticias in Caracas, Venezuela, at Newseum.org, there is a link available to 724 front pages of newspapers from around the world that heralded Barack Obama's victory when he became President Elect on November 4, 2008.

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Jarrett Martineau

at 14:28 on November 6th, 2008

I saw this yesterday -- it's absolutely incredible.

Jon Azpiri

at 17:54 on November 6th, 2008

I saw an interesting story about the New York Times Obama cover. It turns out it was the fourth time that the New York Times used a 96 pt. font for its headline.

The New York Times, which used 96-point type only three times in its history, did so again and proclaimed the single last name of the next president in its header today: "OBAMA."

"It told the story. Less is more," said Spokeswoman Diane McNulty when asked why the single-word headline was used.

Previously, only the resignation of Richard Nixon, the first man on the moon, and the Sept. 11 attacks sparked such a large Page One font for the paper.

The historic papers sparked both single-copy press run increases and a flood of interest in the Newseum's online Page One gallery at Newseum.org.

The edition of the NY Times was sold out and copies of it are selling on eBay for more than $100.