Overview
- Printed editions across the country are paused on Friday, November 7, as vendors take a recognized day of rest.
- Readers are being directed to digital editions and social channels for news coverage.
- Street sales of newspapers began in Rosario in 1898 with La República under Lisandro de la Torre, speeding delivery beyond mail and subscriptions.
- The term "canillita" entered popular use after Florencio Sánchez's 1902 play portraying a boy who sold papers to support his family.
- Accounts differ on formal recognition of the rest day, with reports citing either a 2007 law or a 2009 designation for the sector.