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Article: Murdoch turns the screw on wholesalers News International is hatching a radical three-year blueprint to ditch its distributors, and deliver titles direct to the nation's retailers. Clayton Hirst reports
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 24, 2001
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Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is planning to shelve a series of
newspaper distribution contracts in the UK and expand News
International into wholesaling.
It is understood that senior executives at News International are
working on a three-year strategy to deliver its newspapers directly
to retailers and newsagents. The plan will be trialled in London and
in the West Midlands and if successful could be rolled out in other
regions of the UK.
The company publishes the Sun, the UK's top selling national
newspaper, as well as the News of the Word, the Times and the Sunday
Times.
This move would see News International, that already has a small
wholesale operation, ditching contracts with ...