Owner DC Thomson is considering outsourcing distribution of the Press and Journal and Evening Express newspapers.

BBC: DC Thomson says Aberdeen Journals jobs could go

According to Diamond Distributors, the marquis comic distribution firm, Marvel still owns a larger share of the consumer pie than DC, but DC is coming on stronger every month.

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DC, such agencies have the cultural nous to deal with the messy business of sex and the distribution channels to reach the farthest-flung lovers.

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