CIPS Marketing Group Proudly Announces Distribution Partnership with The Desert Sun

LOS ANGELES, California – January 11, 2010 – CIPS Marketing continues to expand its TMC and alternate delivery services with the announcement it has been selected to be the exclusive TMC and alternate delivery distributor for The Desert Sun, a Gannett publicationbased in Palm Springs, California.

Effective this month, CIPS takes over the distribution of The Desert Sun’s home delivered community weeklies: La Quinta Sun, Palm Desert Sun, Palm Springs Sun, Cathedral City Sun and Indio Sun. CIPS also will be distributing Sun Extra, a weekly TMC package, as well as the Desert Post Weekly, a weekly arts and entertainment publication.

Mark Kurtich, Operations Director for The Desert Sun, said, “We are excited about working with CIPS.  They are a mature company leveraging its distribution and technical expertise to grow as a provider of TMC and alternate publication delivery service throughout the U.S.  The Desert Sun looks forward to significant program enhancements that will strengthen our bottom line, increase reader and consumer service and expand advertiser reach across our market.”

Drawing on more than 25 years of industry-leading distribution solutions, CIPS is the most reliable, consistent and cost-effective partner in the newspaper publishing industry. CIPS is the largest independently audited TMC and alternate distribution company in the United States, and is now distributing to more than 5.5 million households per week. CIPS has developed the most comprehensive Quality Control systems in the industry, and has designed the needed tools for its management team and delivery force to comply with all delivery specifications, which include the strictest Do Not Deliver and Paper Pile-Up standards in the industry.  CIPS employs the most qualified operational leadership and expertise in the industry, bar none. With largest and longest running alternate delivery system in the US, CIPS has become the industry standard in TMC and alternate home delivery distribution.

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CONTACT:
Kennedy Higdon
khigdon@cipsmarketing.com
(310) 769-6900, ext 235
www.cipsmarketing.com