One of my tipsters just called in to report that the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register have signed an agreement to allow the Los Angeles Times to deliver their newspaper.From the Orange County Register:
The Orange County Register will be delivered to homes and vending machines by the Los Angeles Times starting in September, the two newspapers announced this morning.
The distribution agreement is anticipated to give the Register seven-figure savings a year in payroll and warehousing costs, said Larry Riley, vice president of circulation and distribution.
For the Times, the Register will become its largest commercial delivery contract.
The change will impact 721 independent contractors who currently 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
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