Newspaper vending machine

[1] The coin operated newspaper vending machine was invented in 1947 by inventor George Thiemeyer Hemmeter.

The new invention could be adjusted to accept coins of different denominations (depending on the cost of the paper sold).

[6] One of the most popular newsrack manufacturers is Kaspar, a Shiner, Texas-based wire works company famous for their Sho-Racks.

The newspaper machine only requires a power supply, for example in the form of a battery, and does not rely on an internet connection.

This is especially true for Sunday newspapers (for example, the Sunday New York Times costing $6 nationally and requiring 24 quarters in a vending machine), which see machines go unfilled by some papers due to the bulk of those editions reducing the number of copies that can possibly be sold.

Anchorage Daily News vending machine
A Los Angeles Times news rack in 1984, with advertising for the 1984 Summer Olympics
In Munich , Germany, the dispensers for the three local tabloids (depicted) have only transparent plastic lids on top which can be readily opened without inserting a coin - which is, however, demanded. Hence, the sellers have a significant amount of trust in people.
A newspaper vending machine in Mississippi, USA