From what I understand there will be no Christmas Day newspapers home delivered in Australia this year. If this is the case then kudos to newspaper publishers.
Christmas Day deliveries are expensive for newsagents. This causes many to do them themselves, eating into what should be a genuine day off from the business.
I’d love to hear from any newsagents who have been told that they do have to deliver on Christmas day.
i didn’t realise there ever was a chrismas newspaper
Just a few that were publishing on Christmas Day, Shaun. Really was a pain.
This will be our first Christmas as a subby 🙂
Means that the whole day is ours.
YAYYYYYY!!!!
if there is one for us on xmas day, i will come down to the shop (1km) and throw them in the shop. close the door and go home to watch the kids open their presents…… i might throw them the next day with the boxing day paper
Yeah, that was always sooo tempting.
Good news for you guys in Vic. I guess. I am surprised – there hasn’t been a Xmas Day paper in NSW for over 7 years.
I questioned News Ltd in Sydney last week and they are officialy “undecided” if there will be a xmas day paper this year. The fact that its a Sunday may sway them as I think they are concerned that their subscribers will miss out on their TV guide. We all know how Sunday customers can’t cope without it!
While speaking with the telegraph truck driver overnight he indicated that next Sunday a huge bumper edition of the Sunday Telegraph will be made and no paper will be published on Sunday Christmas Day.
Not looking forward to a huge bumper edition of the Sunday telegraph the paper is already grossly over weight as is and the bulks on mass get heavy after a while
Ha..
Not here Mark….365 days no matter what
Mark, The Sunday Mail in SA is not publishing – well done ANPL. They are looking at placing the Sunday TV book into Saturdays paper (a small edition) and telemarketing Sunday only customers to receive a sat paper. Any who convert for this day only, the newsagent will receive the FULL Sunday commission plus Saturday commission. Regards, a safe Christmas and New Year to all. John & Fay
fairfax is not doing the sun herald on xmas day in nsw, there is a notice on the connect website
Can’t remember when we last did a Xmas day delivery in NSW, I know many years ago when my kids were little the Sunday Telegraph was printed and not only did we have to do a paper run we were also told that we must open our shop or we would be blacklisted.
From memory we opened our shop (kids in tow) then dumped the papers at a servo and went home.
Thank goodness times have changed.
I do wonder though how many people still phone their newsagent on Xmas day regarding a ‘missed delivery’.
This year I had a fax from Fairfax customer service informing us that a customer only received half her paper on Sat after Xmas, obviously Fairfax customer service is no longer informed that there is only ever one part to the Saturday SMH over the Xmas/New Year break, as has been for yonks!
I notice that times haven’t changed, and Fairfax still send FAXES instead of emails…..oh how i don’t miss any of that since we haven’t done a run since mid last year 🙂
Yes my Husband is very concerned about not getting his TV guide and he has started to fret so lets hope there is a paper printed for him
Wendy, just use last weeks……..
White-Out the old dates and pencil in the new ones.
Chances are good he won’t notice any difference if he’s a regular TV watcher…….. 🙂
It would have been nice if I knew, I have been waiting outside for hours.
I only get a Sunday Mail, and read all my favourite columns first, then go through the TV book and mark all programmes for the week. I am a disabled pensioner, and look forward to Sundays for my paper.
Yes, I am upset, Christmas day is just another day for me, no different at all.
Years ago I worked on this day.
No age in east Brighton
Should I have one?
What is the news agent doing?
It’s a question for the publisher, not the newsagent.
Publisher doesn’t know what’s going on, News limited has sent us 2 home delivery notices for missed papers on Xmas day
How do we deliver a paper that wasn’t printed
Hi Jenny, Merry Xmas to you and Craig,
It goes to show how out of touch publishers are and also the general community. WE had a very large delivery and one day Looked foresrd to wad Christmas Day for it was a NO newspaper day, infact in all the 50 plus years I have been in this industry from a newsagent ot now I can’t recall there ever being a newsapaer publish in NSW on Christams Day in fact I can go back tothe late 50’s and say the same
It was the only day there was not a newspaper published.
perhaps others may agrree or if not please quote when it discontinued to be so,
It’s a different world of newsagency today than then as we both know.