WHOLESALER NEWS
Heard On The Street
5/8/08
One Source and One Source Direct have opened warehouses in Ontario, CA effective now.
Media Solutions is closing its Sparks, NV warehouse and merging it into its Garland, TX warehouse, effective July.
Source Interlink is merging its Carson City, NV warehouse into the Ontario, CA warehouse, effective August 8, 2008
3/8/08
Wichita, KS will be merged into Lenexa, KS, April 10, 2008
Anderson News is dividing Bowling Green, KY as follows: Bowling Green CSC will be attached to Nashville, TN, Louisville CSC will go to Hamilton, OH, the Paducah, KY and Evansville, IN CSCs will go to Maryland Heights, MO
11/16/07
Brainerd, MN will be merged into Chicago, IL beginning in February 2008.
9/24/07
Curtis and World Wide will merge their foreign distribution. The new company will be called International Circulation Services.
9/6/07
The News Group will make the following changes for retailers formerly serviced by Atlanta: TN retailers, Nashville (La Vergne), 6/26. Retailers in NC and SC, will be serviced from Ft. Mill, 7/31. Retailers in Eastern TN and KY will be serviced from Knoxville, 8/21; Retailers in Miami will be serviced from Doral, FL, 9/8; Retailers in Orlando will be serviced from Orlando, FL, 9/18; and VA retailers will be serviced from Roanoke and Richmond, 10/16.
Potsdam has been sold to The Hudson Group and will be serviced from Worcester.
Tucson, AZ will be merged into Glendale, 10/22.
Cindy Moss, in Atlanta, will be the national distributor contact for all U.S. News Group agencies.
7/10/07
Tallahassee agency is closing, 8/21/07. Copies will be serviced from a new Atlanta depot and billing will be to Pensacola. The Atlanta depot will also service portions of the distribution from Birmingham, Ft. Mill (Greer) and Knoxville.
The Quincy, IL agency will be closed and its dealers will be serviced by Maryland Heights and Des Moines.
6/22/07
Anderson will make the following changes: on 7/23, Modesto will move to the Prologix address in W. Sacramento. On 10/2: Quincy, Il will be merged into Maryland Heights, MO; Evansville, IN will be merged into Bowling Green, KY and Parkersburg, WV will be merged into Scott Depot, WV.
5/7/07
New York periodicals, owned by Benjamin News, will join Hudson RPM as a partner.
1/17/07
Pandora News will be merged into the Anco Dallas agency 4/12/07.
10/9/06
Serendipity Couriers of Benicia, CA closed in September.
10/4/06
Total Circulation has ceased distribution in August.
6/29/06
Chambersburg, PA will be closing its doors on June 27th.
5/12/06
N. Bergen has reached an agreement to take over distribution to the Catskills region from Glenmont, beginning July 2006.
4/4/06
Source Interlink has acquired the magazine and book distribution of the Anderson agencies in Hampstead, MD and Ontario, CA.
1/20/06
Gulfport, MS will close March 2, 2006. Accounts will be serviced by Dallas, TX and Pensacola, FL.
6/24/05
Source Interlink will close San Diego, CA and move distribution to City of Industry, CA as of 7/26/05.
Allotments for Primary Source, Carson City, NV will move to City of Industry, CA effective 7/26/05
6/1/05
Gopher News will be closing its Omaha Facility and merging it into Minneapolis, effective 8/1/05
4/4/05
The Source Interlink has signed a letter of intent to purchase Chas. Levy Circulating Co.
2/14/05
The Source Interlink will have all deliveries, for its Buffalo, NY retailers, shifted to its Harrisburg, PA warehouse. All deliveries, for its other retailers, will be sent to its Dallas, TX and Carson City, NV warehouses.
Disticor Magazine Distribution Services, a Canadian National Distributor, has purchased Prestige Periodicals Distributors, a magazine distributor in White Plains, NY.
1/4/05
Portsmouth, OH is closing beginning January 1, 2005.
8/29/04
Johnson City, IL will be closed. Their business will be split between Evansville, IN and Md. Heights, MO, effective 9/28/04.
7/9/04
Desert News will close 3/12/04.
Anderson News closed its Mags Plus agencies. Distribution will be taken over by various wholesalers. Kent News will Pick up stores from Denver, Current News will pick up Brentwood accounts, Pandora will pick up Austin accounts, Newsways will pick up Huntington Beach accounts.
The News Group has purchased San Jose and will merge its operations into W. Sacramento on 7/30/04.
St. Johns, NF merged with Dartmouth, NS 2/23/04.
Jamestown, NY merged into Cheektowaga, NY on 6/1/04.
Levy is moving its Sharonville, OH depot from Chicago to Philadelphia.
Anderson opened an agency in Anchorage, AK, replacing shipping from Modesto, CA
Safeway Canada from Edmonton, AB to Calgary, AB
11/4/03
Anderson News is closing the following Mags Plus operations: San Francisco, CA, Huntington Beach, CA, Brentwood, MD, and Memphis, TN.
Lakewood, WA will be merged into Modesto, CA, effective 9/27/03.
Jackson, MS will be merged into Memphis, TN, effective 9/29/03.
St. Rose, LA will be merged into San Antonio, TX, effective 10/13/03.
6/20/03
Moonlight Magazines, Oak Park, MI will sell its business to Suburban Magazines, Southfield, MI July 03
Dubuque, IA will close June 03.
Fayetteville, AR will be merged into Grand Prairie, TX June 03
Former Lubbock, TX distribution moved to San Antonio, TX from Grand Prairie, TX June 03
Pittsfield, MA merged into Glenmont, NY 1/2/03
Winnipeg, MB merged into Calgary, AB (Newswest) 11/5/02
Appleton, WI distribution was split between Brainerd, MN, Chicago, Il and Lancaster, PA, 11/5/02
1/10/03
Hartford, CT will be merged into Worcester, MA, effective 2/25/03.
11/15/02
Syracuse, NY is being acquired by Benjamin News, effective 12/16/02. The agency will become a depot and all allotments will be merged into Massena, NY.
9/25/02
NewsWest and The News Group have formed a joint venture to distribute magazines in Central Canada. The new distributor, Acculogix, will be based in Calgary and do all distributions to Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
9/11/02
North Quincy, MA willbe merged into Worcester, MA, effective 11/18/02.
Peoria, IL will be closed 10/23/02. All customers have been given a list of possible new suppliers.
7/26/02
New Westminster, BC is merging its distribution functions with Richmond, BC.
7/9/02
Arnprior, ON agency will have all allotments combined with Burlington (Stoney Creek), ON effective end of June.
5/2/02
Newburgh, NY will be merged into Glenmont, NY effective6/18/02.
4/7/02
Lubbock, TX agency will be merged into San Antonio,TX and Grand Prairie,TX, effective June 3, 2002.
3/14/02
Scarborough, ME will be merged into Worcester, MA effective 4/29/02.
2/28/02
Metro Toronto and Burlington, ON will be sharing a warehouse. They created a new company, ProLogix, which will handle all distribution and return functions. In-store serviced and order/regulation will be done, as before, by each company. They will still be separate entities with individual business and retailer programs.
2/1/02
Holyoke, MA will be closed and merged into Glenmont, NY, effective 3/5/02.
8/8/01
Grand Junction, CO will be closed effective 9/24/01. Their distribution will be split between Denver (20%), Salt Lake City (57%) and Albuquerque (23%).
6/13/01
Anderson News Co. has opened a warehouse in Des Plaines, IL to service the WH Smith stands in Chicago's O'Hare airport.
5/23/01
Solon, OH will be closing July 24. Their distribution will be divided as follows: Appleton- 1%, Brainerd- 2.4%, Chicago- 64.2% and Lancaster (Philadelphia)- 32.4%.
Ft. Mill, SC will be merged into Atlanta, GA after July 9th.
Allentown, PA will no longer be distributing magazines.
4/9/01
Rayne, LA will be merged into St. Rose, LA, effective May 21, 2001. The Shreveport, LA depot will be serviced by Grand Prairie; the rest of the depots will be serviced through St. Rose.
3/6/01
Corpus Christi, TX is being merged into San Antonio,TX, effective 4/24/01.
1/11/01
Gopher News, Minnealpolis, MN has purchased the Omaha, NE agency.
10/31/00
The Pleasantville, NJ agency will be merged into N. Bergen, NJ agency December 5th.
8/9/00
It appears Waxahachie, TX has closed its doors.
6/12/00
Lake Worth, FL and Jacksonville, FL are being merged into Atlanta, GA. Atlanta is also turning dealers over to Jackson, MI
6/1/00
Saskatoon, SK is being merged into Winnipeg, MB in mid July.
4/25/00
Niagara Falls, NY is closing.
2/24/00
The News Group is closing Elizabeth City, NC on 4/10/00, and Rocky Mount, NC on 5/22/00 and merging them into Ft. Mill, SC.
The Benjamin News Group's Missoula, MT agency is joining a partnership with The News Group, L.P.
2/23/00
Minneapolis is closing its rep room in another week....
2/7/00
Chas. Levy Circulating Co. is opening a distribution center in City of Industry, CA and a depot in Phoenix, AZ.
1/24/00
The agencies in Bismark, ND Sioux Falls, SD and Rapid City, SD have joined with the News Group, L.P.
The News Group will also start their new distribution program on April 1st.
12/17/99
Chas. Levy Co. will be shifting dealers between its distribution centers. Jan. 25, KY retailers will be moved to Solon, OH, from Chicago. Feb1, Toledo area retailers will be moved to Solon from Chicago. Feb. 8, Wisconsin retailers will be moved to Appleton, WI from Chicago, and Michigan retailers from Appleton to Chicago.
11/23/99
The News Group Solon, OH distribution center will be merged into their Jackson, MI center, beginning december 13th.
Ottawa, ON will be merged into Scarobrough, ON in January 2000.
11/10/99
Sonora, CA is being purchased by The News Group and will be merged with W. Sacramento, CA, effective December 1st.
10/26/99
Portland, OR will be merged into Tacoma, WA in December.
9/30/99
Bedford, NH has closed and their distribution will be done by Boylston, MA
9/29/99
Flagstaff, AZ will be merged into Glendale, AZ in November
Portland, OR will be merged into Tacoma, WA in December.
8/10/99
Anderson News Company will combine the Burbank, Westminster and San Bernardino agencies into a new center in Ontario, CA. This will begin with San Bernardino in November and be finished by February.
The Charles Levy Co. is opening an agency in Solon, OH.
7/21/99
Richmond, VA will take over distribution to the Norfolk, VA area, from Baltimore, beginning the second week of August.
7/13/99
The Chatanooga, TN agency will be merged into the Knoxville, TN agency effective Aug. 20th.
7/9/99
The Charlotte, NC is being moved to Fort Mill, SC and the Columbia, SC and Durham, NC agencies are being merged into it during July and August respectively.
The News Group agency in Utah (see below) will be in West Valley City, UT.
7/6/99
Kingsport, TN is being merged into Knoxville, TN July 17th.
6/21/99
Jefferson City, MO has joined The News Group L.P., a partnership between The News Group and the ETD and Kroger agencies.
6/16/99
Warham,MA has been purchased by the Hudson RPM Group and will be merged into N. Quincy, MA as of June21st.
6/7/99
The Charles Levy Co. has decided not to purchase Unimag.
6/2/99
The News Group is opening an agency in Utah to service dealers in that area.
Wichita Falls, TX will be merged into Dallas in August.
3/29/99
Waterbury, CT is closing and being merged into Hartford, CT the first week of May.
The transfer of distribution to chain retailers in New England will also begin the first week of May (see below).
ETD-Kroger/The News Group will close Temple, TX and open a distribution center in Grand Prairie, TX.
3/22/99
The Charles Levy Co. has signed an agreement to purchase Unimag outright. This should be completed by April 30th.
Anderson News Co. has assumed the operations of Bay News in Portland, OR.
3/1/99
ETD-KroMar and The News Group have formed a partnership in Texas and Louisiana.
2/23/99
Anderson News Co. will close Montgomery, AL on 4/18/99 and Tuscaloosa, AL 5/2/99. They will be merged into Birmingham, AL. Birmingham will also take over distribution of all non bookstore retailers from Huntsville, AL.
The News Group purchase of Portland has been put off.
2/16/99
The Rubin Group has closed its outlets. Distribution to most of their retailers is being taken over by Buffalo, Jamestown, and Massena, NY and Harrisburg, PA.
2/1/99
Chatham, ON is being merged into Ottawa, ON in February (see 1/15/99).
1/29/99
The Hudson Group and the New England RPM Distributors will combine their operations to service chain retailers. The distribution for all chain stores will come from Hartford, CT, Boylston, MA, N. Quincy, MA and Scarborough, ME.
1/26/99
Seattle, WA is being purchased by The News Group, and will be closed by the end of March.
The purchase of Dallas, TX by Anderson News Co. has gone through.
1/21/99
The News Group has agreed to purchase Portland, OR.
1/15/98
Toronto, ON has entered into an agreement to purchase Chatham, ON
Peoria, IL has been purchased by The News Group.
If you have any questions about prior changes, or information, contact Ed at edz@magazinesales.com
