TheBusinessDesk is reporting today that free newspaper entrepreneur Chris Bullivant has told advertisers that his latest free title in Birmingham, the Birmingham Free Press, will fail if they don’t rally round to support it.
The Free Press is a sister title to the Birmingham Press launched by Bullivant in April. The Free Press was launched in June.
TheBusinessDesk says that in a letter to customers he has accused rival publisher Trinity Mirror of slashing prices to drive him out of business. Bullivant claimed to TheBusinessDesk Trinity Mirror had been offering estate agents full page advertisements in its titles for as little as £150 , which he claimed was "an attempt to remove us from the marketplace.”
Bullivant said: “A number of my customers have been lured back to Trinity Mirror, and if that continues, we’ll have to close.” He has called a meeting of estate agents to invite them to form a consortium that would own a part of the title.
A spokesperson for Trinity Mirror told TheBusinessDesk: “We don't engage in anti-competitive practice.”
Just face it Senior - you are criminally out of your depth.
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