Newsweek recalled thousands of special edition "Madame President" magazines on Wednesday after they were prematurely shipped out to newsstands across the U.S. before election results rolled in.
Topix Media, the Newsweek partner that published the magazine, rushed the "President Trump" version of the issue to print on Thursday. It is expected to hit stands next week, according to the New York Post.
From the Editors: 2 special edition covers for 2016 election outcomes were produced by a Newsweek licensee, Topix Media, and not by Newsweek pic.twitter.com/MwC4RytGbC
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) November 7, 2016
The publisher had designed both Trump and Clinton commemorative issues in advance, but only the version declaring victory for the Democratic nominee was shipped out when polls overwhelmingly showed her ahead.
"Like everybody else, we got it wrong," said Tony Romando, CEO of Topix Media.
Romando said only 17 Clinton magazines were sold out of the 125,000 copies that hit stores Tuesday.
"All wholesalers and retailers have been asked to return any issues they have as we need to clear room for [150,000 copies of] the President Trump issue," he said. "We expect it to sell very well as there is obviously a great demand."