Making lemonade out of newspaper dispensers

The New York Times recently ran a story on artists and entrepreneurs capitalizing on the newest casualties of the struggling news industry-newspaper and flyer dispensers.
The dispensers have been transformed into everything from flower planters to digital displays that show the front page morning news.
Perhaps media organizations should take the cue and think of ways to make their products and distribution more environmentally and socially beneficial.
View the story here.

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