Category: Press

NEWS AND ANALYSIS MARCH 16, 2015 By Holly Hall Some iconic publications by charities like Consumer Reports and Guideposts may decide to publish less frequently in print because of unexpectedly large postage increases due to take effect next month. Under the new rates, which will take effect April 26 if approved by the Postal Rate…

NEWS AND ANALYSIS MARCH 06, 2015 Postal Commission Rejects Rate Hikes That Angered Nonprofits By Holly Hall, Features Editor, Chronicle of Philanthropy The Postal Regulatory Commission today rejected a rate increase proposal that had angered many nonprofits that publish printed magazines like Consumer Reports andGuideposts. The nonprofits complained of big spikes in the cost of…

Dead Tree Edition Thursday, March 5, 2015 Sticker Shock: Size of Postal Increase Stuns Publishers March 6 update: The PRC sent the proposed Standard, Periodicals, and Package Services rates back to the Postal Service for revisions and clarifications. Here’s the PRC press release.Although the April postage hike for Periodicals will supposedly average only 1.4%, some…

UPDATE: Postal Regulatory Commission returns rates to US Postal Service But there is hope: USPS can adjust the rate 03/05/2015 UPDATE: March 6 – Citing numerous errors, incomplete information, and failures to comply with the law, the Postal Regulatory Commission today returned the current CPI-cap rate case back to the Postal Service for Periodicals, Standard…

  PRC Rejects Standard Mail Price Increases Citing a large number of errors and omissions in the rate request, the Postal Regulatory Commission returns it to the Postal Service for modifications March 6, 2015 Al Urbanski, Senior Editor, Direct Marketing News The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) has returned proposed rate adjustments to the U.S. Postal…

Are higher mailing rates in store for nonprofit magazines? March 6, 2015 By Bill McAllister, Washington Correspondent, Linn’s Stamp News When new postal rates are announced, many large mailers realize that their actual prices are going to be determined only after United States Postal Service officials at L’Enfant Plaza in Washington issue new regulations defining…

Will Congress act on Obama plan to rescue USPS?     By Bill McAllister, Washington Correspondent, Linn’s Stamp News February 24, 2015 After President Obama sent his 2016 budget to the Congress on Feb. 2, Stephen Kearney, executive director of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, asked, “[W]ill anyone take him up on it?” Kearney was referring…

USPS reports ‘controllable income’ profit of $1.1 billion in first quarter By Bill McAllister, Washington Correspondent, Linn’s Stamp News February 6, 2015 While continuing to report it still operates at a deficit, the United States Postal Service made a major concession to critics who say the government agency is in far better financial shape than…

USPS Will Have To Provide Notice, Rate Estimates By Mark Hrywna – The Nonprofit Times – January 13, 2015 The United States Postal Service (USPS) will have to give 45 days notice before it rolls back a year-old exigent surcharge and provide bi-weekly estimates in the final three months of the temporary 4.3-percent rate. The…

Publishing Executive Postal rates might actually decrease, paper will likely rise D. Eadward Tree’s 2015 Postal & Paper Price Forecast December 2014 By D. Eadward Tree If you are trying to budget key price changes for 2015, forget recent history and put away the economics textbook. The monopolistic U.S. Postal Service will forego its usual…