Italian newspaper Il Globo has cut from five editions a week to two. While disappointing for some readers, it is more disappointing that they did not advise newsagents until today of the change to take effect today. Here is their notice:
ATTENTION NEWSAGENCIES
URGENT NOTICE
Starting Monday 9th January 2012
‘IL GLOBO’ WILL PUBLISH
ONLY 2 EDITIONS PER WEEK
MONDAY + THURSDAYThe Management of IL GLOBO has decided to reduce the number of editions printed each week from five to two, that is Mondays and Thursdays.
We are in the process of calculating the new expiry dates for subscribers and will advise as soon as possible.
In the meantime, if a client has a subscription for MONDAY only, you need do nothing at all.
If a client has only a TUESDAY subscription, please move it to THURSDAY as this has the RAI and TV Guides.
For clients who have subscriptions for 3, 4 or 5 days per week, please change to Mondays and Thursdays and we will advise of the new extended expiry date.
Thank you for your collaboration and should you need further particulars please call Anna or Walter on (03) 9481 0666.
Hmm, what collaboration? A collaborative approach would have been to discuss the change with newsagents in advance.
There is a broader question about foreign language newspapers. For many, these have been important to newsagents in recent years with sales increasing while local English dailies struggle.
Same as the La Fiamma letter except for the contact number .