Newsagents need to take service restrictions into account in planning staff needs over Christmas/New Year period

Different suppliers to Newsagencies are advising of restrictions to deliveries and service support over the Christmas/New Year period. For example, Are Direct has announced it will not be delivering on 23 December. All of their other delivery dates appear to be scheduled as normal. Newspaper publishers have advised Newsagents of changes to production schedules for […]

NANA steps in to save newspaper deliveries in NSW North

Earlier in the year Mungindi Newsagency received advice from News Corp Australia that due to costs associated with distribution out of Queensland, all supplies delivered by News Corp Australia logistics would cease (News Corp Australia is the primary distributor for News Corp, Nine Publications, Ovato, including Market Hub, ACM, IPS and Wrapaway). Mungindi Newsagency contacted […]

ACM to increase cover prices from 5 July 2021

ACM will increase the cover price of a wide range of mastheads from 5 July 2021. A full schedule of increases is in the ACM Cover Price Rise Notification All Publications 2021 document which can be downloaded from HERE.

NewsFarm offers hope for regional media – a promise of local titles for the future

A consortium of media executives have founded NewsFarm, a regional journalism company looking to establish mastheads in more than 100 news deserts, create more than 450 media jobs, and publish more than 5,000 local news stories each week. NewsFarm’s website says it wants to “create a quality and sustainable media sector for regional Australia within three […]

NANA continues fight over magazines in Australia Post outlets

NANA has continued its fight for Newsagents to resist the Are Media/Australia Post magazine trial which allows for top ten titles to be sold through trial post office sites in both NSW and the ACT.

Other associations follow NANA’s lead in complaining to Prime Minister over Australia Post and Are Media magazine trial

NANA has seen copies of correspondence written by other Newsagent Associations to the Prime Minister over the Australia Post and Are Media magazine trial. NANA welcomes the action of other associations coming in behind NANA’s lead on the issue. NANA first raised this serious matter with Newsagents across NSW and the ACT last Wednesday. Since […]

Local Newsroom looking shaky

Local Newsroom launched recently to a fanfare of support from some industry sectors, offering Newsagents unheard of commissions and big promises of circulation and sales growth.

Bauer Media on the block

One of Australia’s largest publishers, Bauer Media, will soon be in the hands of private equity, with Mercury Capital agreeing to buy the business. The deal includes the Pacific Magazines assets which Bauer recently acquired from Seven West Media.

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