Things have gone very quiet in NSW about the matter before the Industrial Court. So quiet in fact that I suspect an agreement may have been reached. The question will be whether Fairfax has paid or is paying the newsagent for taking over their newspaper distribution territory. If any money has or does change hands it would create a precedent of interest to newsagents. Such compensation has been a no-go zone in discussions between newsagents and publishers since deregulation in 1999.