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Samantha Bee helps New Jersey newspaper attract new subscribers
There really is no such thing as a typical day for Charlie Kratovil.
As editor and the only full-time staff member of New Brunswick Today, a small monthly newspaper in New Jersey, his irregular schedule tends to leave him with a new surprise each day.
However, one phone call he didn't expect to receive came last December from a producer of "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee" inquiring about the possibility of having the paper featured on an episode of the show.
The premise of the segment, which aired in March, revolved around increasing the number of subscriptions for the paper by entering new subscribers into a lottery to win $500. As a result of the promotional...