Paper Picks Up Story on Distribution Net
The Madison County Journal has taken note of the stink stirred up by The Clarion-Ledger’s central MS Distribution Network. The issue surfaced nationally in a recent edition of Editor and Publisher.
“The Jackson Free Press claims that the daily (owned by Gannett, the largest newspaper company in the United States) is using underhanded techniques to either force free papers to hand over more cash for distribution costs, or see their individual boxes and racks get forced out of commercial spaces.”
Meanwhile, the Free Press cries chicken over the fact the C-L won’t openly discuss its plans for TDN.
In an unrelated story in this week’s Madison County Journal, it seems the City of Madison (or Madison…The City!) has ordered a few of the paper’s racks removed from area locations. We can’t find a link on the Website, but the tussle is mentioned in passing in the Journal’s story on the distribution network…
“The Madison County Journal is not involved in the Gannett dispute because at least so far it does not involve coin-operated racks, although the city of Madison this week ordered several Journal racks removed, see story page A5.”