Adam Fein of Pembroke Consulting passed along an article to me today on the consolidation of the newspaper and magazine distribution industry. According to the article, posted at crosscut.com, the industry has gone from 400-plus family-operated magazine wholesale businesses to being dominated by four corporations. This article profiles a few independent newsstands that depended on one larger distributor -Source-Interlink -for their vast array of magazines and newspapers covering unique hobbies and news from every corner of the world. Those newstands will no longer be served by the distributor.

Source-Interlink bought competitors throughout the country and serves more than 114,000 retail outlets. It also publishes some …