Bauer cost squeeze hits mag distribution THE cost squeeze continues at Bauer Magazines with the publisher cutting the number of days it distributes its magazines from three to two and centralising the editorial operations of its motoring magazines in Melbourne. Sources familiar with the situation said staffers on its motoring magazines had been given until Wednesday to decide whether they would move to Melbourne after chief executive Matt Stanton last week revealed a proposal to relocate nine titles there, including New Zealand classifieds titles Motorcycle Trader and Trade-A-Boat.