Category: Press

  • Publishers Battle USPS “Stupidity Tax”–Publishing Executive

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    VIEW FROM THE TREE April 11, 2017 Postal Rate Fight Continues as Publishers Battle USPS “Stupidity Tax” Source: Pixabay By D. Eadward Tree FACEBOOKFACEBOOKTWITTERTWITTERLINKEDINLINKEDINGOOGLE +GOOGLE+EMAILEMAIL4 COMMENTSCOMMENTS “Told you so. Now don’t try to slap us with a Stupidity Tax.” That, in essence, is the magazine industry’s response to the U.S. Postal Service’s latest attempt to…

  • Raiding USPS Coffers Goes Back Years

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    April 10, 2017, Linn’s Stamp News Congress’ habit of raiding USPS coffers goes back almost 30 years. Postmaster General Anthony M. Frank came to Washington, D.C., in 1988 with a mandate to run the United States Postal Service like a business. That’s why the former California savings and loan executive was furious when he discovered…

  • USPS Pushing PRC to Lift 10-year Price Cap

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    March 24, 2017 – Linn’s Stamp News U.S. Postal Service pushing PRC to lift 10-year cap on stamp price increases   If you think that Postmaster General Megan Brennan has a difficult job trying to convince Congress to help the financially struggling United States Postal Service, you’re right. But that’s only one of the fights…

  • The Alliance in The Hill: “Protect American Consumers”

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    In an op-ed article published March 22 by The Hill, the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, along with MPA – the Association of Magazine Media, and PostCom, reiterated the importance of affordable pricing, as well as a healthy, efficient Postal Service. “A healthy U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is in everyone’s interests, especially those of us who…

  • MPA Preps for USPS Showdown

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    March 20, 2017 – Folio The association calls on the Postal Regulatory Commission to “protect captive users of the Postal Service” by maintaining its inflation-based rate cap.   As the Postal Regulatory Commission’s 10-year review of USPS postage rates moves forward, the MPA has teamed up with a pair of mailer organizations to argue the…

  • Linn’s Stamp News—PMG Brennan urges Postal Regulatory Commission to end postage price cap

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    February 15, 2017 01:45 PM By Bill McAllister, Washington Correspondent PMG Brennan urges Postal Regulatory Commission to end postage price cap There is a crack in the mailers coalition backing the bipartisan bill that Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan has endorsed. The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers said Brennan’s testimony before the House Oversight Committee “should…

  • Linn’s Stamp News—USPS reports $1.4 billion profit

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    USPS reports $1.4 billion profit, $522 million in ‘controllable income’ for first quarter February 10, 2017 09:00 AM The United States Postal Service reported Feb. 9 “controllable income” of $522 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017, which ended Dec. 31. The Postal Service’s overall profit for the quarter was $1.4 billion. By…

  • Linn’s Stamp News—USPS proposes ruling out nonprofits from custom postage

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    POSTAL UPDATES Proposed USPS rules could impact images appearing on computer-vended stamps  February 07, 2017 10:15 AM This rejected Zazzle.com stamp design, a political comment against the Supreme Court’s controversial 2010 Citizens United ruling, is at the center of a lawsuit that the stamp’s designer brought against the United States Postal Service. In early February,…

  • Nonprofit Mailers Seek More Data From Postal Service–The NonProfit Times

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    Nonprofit Mailers Seek More Data From Postal Service JANUARY 19, 2017       MARK HRYWNA The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers (ANM) has asked the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to request more information from the United States Postal Service (USPS) and also to change the procedures for its 10-year regulatory review of the rate-making system. ANM, along…

  • Postal Museum Features Maryknoll

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    Smithsonian National Postal Museum Features Ossining’s Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers and the Maryknoll Sisters in Virtual Exhibit that Celebrates U.S. Postal Service Partnerships Contact: Mike Virgintino, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, 914-941-7636 ext 2219 MARYKNOLL, N.Y., Jan. 10, 2017 /Christian Newswire/ — The Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers and the Maryknoll Sisters are prominently featured in a new virtual…