Source Interlink (the parent company of the ASG Group) has decided that if the magazine companies aren’t going to pay the 7 cent per copy increase, then there is a conspiracy against them, according to a story on Folio.com.
Source Interlink filed a lawsuit on Monday claiming rival wholesalers, as well as publishers, are attempting to force the company out of business. . . . The suit, filed in New York federal court, seeks emergency court intervention to prohibit the defendants—including publishers Time Inc. and Hachette—from monopolizing the U.S. magazine wholesaler market, a Reuters news report said. In the suit, Source alleges that the defendants “conspired” to force the company to sell its distribution business at a steep discount to rivals Hudson News and News Group.
Questions: what does this mean for Surfer, Surfing, Snowboarder, and Skateboarder? If the distribution business is sold, then who will distribute the Source Interlink magazine titles? Or will those be sold, too?
[Link: Folio]
