Newspaper's Last Stand: Last013

On June 14, 2023, Scartoni knits his brow as he moves damp, foreign newspapers underneath a protected awning on a rainy day. Several days earlier, on June 10, 2023, in the same situation, he says, “Piangono piangono. Sono in lutto perché non li compra nessuno.” (They’re weeping, they’re weeping. They are in mourning because no one buys them.)In six months, the foreign newspapers disappear from the newsstand’s outdoor racks and are replaced with toys by new managers at the newsstand.

On June 14, 2023, Scartoni knits his brow as he moves damp, foreign newspapers underneath a protected awning on a rainy day. Several days earlier, on June 10, 2023, in the same situation, he says, “Piangono piangono. Sono in lutto perché non li compra nessuno.” (They’re weeping, they’re weeping. They are in mourning because no one buys them.) 

In six months, the foreign newspapers disappear from the newsstand’s outdoor racks and are replaced with toys by new managers at the newsstand.