On Wednesday morning, commuters in NYC’s Union Square, Penn Station, and Herald Square could get BuzzFeed, the print edition, on their way out of the subway. This is a one-time-only “stunt” and it’s being done for fun, BuzzFeed said, but the paper itself — cover story: Momo erotic fan art, by Katie Notopoulos — is real. That’s BuzzFeed News reporter Dominic Holden and editor-in-chief Ben Smith handing it out at Union Square this morning above. The paper’s motto: “Social. Mobile. Recyclable.” (Newspapers are the original mobile device, remember!)
"We printed out the internet." @BuzzFeedBen reports live from Union Square where he's handing out copies of BuzzFeed's first newspaper pic.twitter.com/Q8W9R7o9vX
— AM2DM by BuzzFeed News (@AM2DM) March 6, 2019
If you're around Union Square in NYC, you can grab a copy of the @buzzfeed newspaper we designed! Amazing illustrations from @kelseyrushing, @ebencom, & @Benkothe, and photos by @bubaczery: pic.twitter.com/JRbCF2gO7N
— BuzzFeed News Art Dept (@BuzzFeedNewsArt) March 6, 2019
It includes a GIF in print form:
Confident @BuzzFeed is the first outlet to print a gif in a newspaper, we are rocket scientists pic.twitter.com/CqW5CYydMc
— Tom Namako (@TomNamako) March 6, 2019
BuzzFeed made a newspaper and I’m back in print pic.twitter.com/PNsAe1cdOX
— Lauren Strapagiel 🦇 (@laurenstrapa) March 6, 2019
This @BuzzFeed newspaper thing is hilarious.
1. The NYC local knowledge page is so spot on. I wish someone had handed me that when I first moved to this city.
2. The self-deprecation note fits nicely with the Momo content. pic.twitter.com/69jT38oNxk
— Sue Márquez (@SueMarquezR) March 6, 2019
Just look at all those New Yorkers ignoring that paper!
Get your BuzzFeed newspaper in NYC today for all the best of the internet without the internet! pic.twitter.com/xklQOjTLJB
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) March 6, 2019
Papers will be available between 5:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
someone handed me a buzzfeed newspaper in union square this morning and it turns out we CAN make momo fashion pic.twitter.com/COfXz09yCT
— emma lord (@dilemmalord) March 6, 2019
I hope they are properly dressed. pic.twitter.com/gQ8anpwo6X
— The Bowery Boys Podcast (@BoweryBoys) March 6, 2019
Can one of my NYC friends pretty please help us out and grab a copy of the @buzzfeed newspaper for us? I will owe you my eternal love and gratitude — and the alcoholic and/or caffeinated beverage of your choosing. https://t.co/umUxYqBfr7
— Jen Peters (@EditrixJen) March 6, 2019
So far the BuzzFeed newspaper seems to be a big hit among the "employees at other digital media companies" demographic
— Bob Al-Greene 🤓 (@BobAlGreene) March 6, 2019
Twitter is not without crankiness: BuzzFeed lays all those people off and then goes and prints a newspaper like money? The company says this is a one-time stunt, for fun. It is designed to get BuzzFeed attention, and with this post, we are obliging.