Los Angeles Times Takes Over Home Delivery of Orange County...
By Mondo Times editors
Boulder, Colorado USA
Posted on August 2, 2009 at 2:49pm
Los Angeles Times Takes Over Home Delivery of Orange County Register
-- The Los Angeles Times will take over home delivery of the Orange County Register, the Register reported on July 29, 2009:
"The Orange County Register will be delivered to homes and vending machines by the Los Angeles Times starting in September, the two newspapers announced Wednesday.
Larry Riley, the Register’s vice president of circulation and distribution, said the deal is expected to save the Register seven figures a year in payroll and warehouse costs. For the Times, the Register will become its largest commercial delivery contract.
The change will affect 721 independent contractors who deliver the Register and approximately 55 full-time and 143 part-time workers, who will be laid off, Riley said.
“We are facing challenges and we have to find efficiencies,” he said.
The Times will distribute the Register and its weekly publications to subscribers, Riley said. Separately, the Register contracts with ACI to deliver its weeklies to nonsubscriber households and that arrangement will continue.
Riley said Register customers should see little change in their newspaper delivery.
“There are going to be new individuals throwing (the paper) for us and there may be a few issues…but about a year ago we contracted with the Riverside Press Enterprise to deliver for us in some areas and very few customers realized that change,” Riley said.
Register Publisher Terry Horne called the deal a perfect match."
The full story:
http://ocbiz.freedomblogging.com/2009/07/29/register-times-announce-joint-distribution-agreement/13609/
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