Timeline for What do you call a contraption for holding newspapers?
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| Aug 31, 2018 at 18:55 | comment | added | Roger Sinasohn | Here in the US, the rod version is used in libraries where people either hold them in both hands or lay them on a table. Hard to drink coffee, though, while holding a newspaper with both hands and coffee shop tables here are too small to lay out the paper. Also, coffee shops (in my area) don't usually provide newspapers for customers to read; some will sell them. | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 18:50 | comment | added | S Conroy | They've got the stick/rod version in Berlin, but they aren't nearly as comfortable for reading as I imagine the one in the OP's picture is. (Sometimes it's stapled so you can't read the inner margin.) I think the rod version is more for keeping the newspaper tidy so it's not a mess after the first customer reads it. | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 18:25 | comment | added | Roger Sinasohn | Seems like they would be common throughout Europe and anywhere folks enjoy a nice cuppa while reading the paper. I'm pretty sure I've never seen one in the US. | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 18:10 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | They also exist in Italy, it's not exclusive to Vienna, especially popular in cafés/bars. | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 17:47 | history | answered | Roger Sinasohn | CC BY-SA 4.0 |