NANA has represented several Members direct with Ovato in order to overcome problems associated with their new delivery contractors. Problems have been experienced in Sydney metro, NSW rural and regional, and ACT locations.

Wrapaway had advised some Newsagents that they intended to reduce commissions on their stable of titles from 25% to 12.5% effective 12 July 2020. Wrapaway provides many foreign language papers and magazines to Newsagents via the News Corp distribution service.

NANA has been working with Members in Southern NSW to seek the removal of freight applied by News Corp Australia on interstate titles. The proximity of South Coast Newsagents to the Victorian border has meant that many carry the Herald Sun out of Melbourne.

Recent changes to Ovato’s distribution contract arrangements, especially in the Sydney metropolitan and Blue Mountains areas have highlighted the need to keep on top of the new contractors and sort out delivery arrangements to safeguard deliveries.

According to a notification to Newsagents on Friday, 19 June, Ovato has announced that, “After a full business review and overwhelming positive feedback from many newsagents on our temporary halt to us requiring full copies, we have made the decision that we will now permanently stop all full copy magazine returns.” The following are the conditions […]

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Advice from Ovato confirms they will be changing distribution contractors from 2 July 2020. According to Ovato, the move to National Distribution Services (NDS) for metro deliveries and News Ltd for NSW country and all of ACT should be seamless. NANA certainly hopes that is the case.