The daily is primarily distributed by old-time newspaper hawkers paid to station themselves in areas with high pedestrian traffic, who offer the free paper to anyone who passes by.

Thanks to the generosity of the 34th Street Partnership, which wants to rid the street of what it calls "a hodgepodge of unsightly structures," the newspaper hawkers there have traded their crates for custom-made mobile vending racks.

President Arroyo was thrown further on the defensive this morning when newspaper hawkers hit the streets trumpeting banner headlines like "US Senator says RP next Afghanistan," using an abbreviation for the Republic of Philippines.

It's thrilling to be back in a land brimming with newspapers and newspaper hawkers.

It is sometimes hard to understand newspaper hawkers shouting headlines in a tongue they barely speak.

Like a flashback from a bygone era, newspaper hawkers with their rapid-fire sales pitches have returned to the streets, weaving through traffic trying to nab the attention of motorists and pedestrians scurrying through New York City.

On Rue Pavee, the sweltering commercial street whose traffic has long been a barometer of Haiti's economic life, the chaotic return today of newspaper hawkers, whiskey vendors and Crazy Glue salesmen nearly two weeks after a violent coup belies the deep worries of business people working in air-conditioned offices.

Many newspaper analysts say that whether The News wins or loses the strike now depends on whether it can get the paper into readers' hands, either by getting it back on the newsstands or reaching readers in alternative ways, including through newspaper hawkers.

Darting out into this traffic are beggars, newspaper hawkers and men in sarongs, selling coconuts or strings of jasmine blossoms.

Two days after the first publication of Headline Daily, the Hong Kong Newspaper Hawker Association accused Headline Daily of having an adverse impact on the business of newspaper hawkers.