After a year of steady decline in 2009, magazines have emerged in positive territory in 2010. They improved with every quarter in the past year, with the fourth quarter marking the third consecutive quarterly gain. Though full-year ad pages were down slightly according to the Publishers Information Bureau, they were only down 0.1%, compared with [...]
Source Interlink Companies appointed David G. Algire president of Source Interlink Distribution. Most recently, Algire served as vice president of retail sales at Meredith’s National Media Group.
Also at Source Interlink, Tyler Schulze was promoted to vice president and general manager of IntelliChoice, which is part of the Motor Trend Automotive [...]
Source Interlink Distribution has promoted Missy Root to director, publisher services. Source’s vice president of publisher services, Stephanie Laco, notified business partners yesterday in an email, which is excerpted below:
I am pleased to announce the promotion of Missy Root to Director, Publisher Services. For 2 ½ years Missy has led the Borders Group Inc. [...]
Source Interlink Distribution (SID) has appointed Stephanie Laco, Vice President, Publisher Services, putting her in charge of the Publisher Services Department, which serves as Source’s main point of contact with national distributors for operational issues.
Now that the limited partners of The News Group, taken together, represent some 46% of U.S. single copy sales, Audience Development spoke to David Parry, president of The News Group U.S., to ask about the tumultuous recent past and their plans for the future. Audience Development Jan. 4, 2010
A strike by Cowley Distributing employees in the St. Louis area has been averted, and no disruptions to the magazine delivery network are expected. The union approved a new contract last night.
Cowley Distributing is conducting negotiations with union representatives of its employees in the St Louis market, and a vote on a new contract is expected by tomorrow, October 9th. The major sticking points concern health and welfare benefits, which Cowley is looking to reduce significantly as a cost-saving measure.
“Source Interlink recently reached a settlement with Bauer Publishing, effectively ending the antitrust lawsuit it filed in February against a number of magazine publishers, wholesalers and distributors.” Folio: Sept. 22, 2009
Following is the unedited text of Worldcolor Logistics News Flash Issue #257
Torrential downpours have flooded the Atlanta, GA area forcing many local highways, roads and bridges to close, slowing the delivery of mail, newsstand and newspapers to the effected areas. Although the rain has diminished for the time being, there are additional storms heading [...]
Source Interlink Distribution has informed its trading partners that it will begin requiring vendors to submit a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSI) Supplier Agreement for any unusual premiums packed along with magazines — that is, for premiums other than CD’s, DVD’s or paper products. (A template of the form is available here.)