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National press distributor open to negotiating the Government's proposal. Meetings continue tomorrow and will include representatives from municipalities and private media.
Portugal's postal operator CTT has raised its prices today by an average of 6.20%. A trade association warns the increases will impact the press, likely raising distribution costs for newspapers and magazines.
“Vasp was forbidden from speaking to members of the minister's office,” reveals Marco Galinha, owner of the Bel group, which owns the distributor, at the Committee on Culture, Communications, Youth and Sport. “I was surprised,” he says during the hearing that addressed the announced suspension this month of press distribution in eight inland districts of the ...
VASP will appear before Parliament on Tuesday to answer questions about issues related to the distribution of newspapers and magazines.
More than a year after the Action Plan for the Media was presented, the press sector is still waiting for the implementation of the main measures promised by the Government. Against a backdrop of intense pressure on newspapers' business model, unions, publishers and distributors share the same diagnosis: without execution, the plan does not address the structural weaknesses of the press sector.
The union body said that 'the mission of bringing the public service and the essential good that is the printed press to every corner of the country cannot depend on a private monopoly'.
The Press Association is calling on the Government to launch a tender to introduce competition in newspaper distribution. In an interview with Lusa, its president also criticises the local authorities.
