Recent developments in Washington DC suggest that the increasing financial deficit of the United States Postal Service may be moving toward a resolution. Last November 14, the USPS reported that it had lost another $8.8 billion in fiscal year 2019. This was the thirteenth consecutive year of losses and the Read more…
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is planning to change mail rates as of January 26, 2020. The USPS has stated that the increases “will keep the Postal Service competitive while providing the agency with needed revenue.” In its fourth quarter financial statement, the USPS announced it ran a deficit in Read more…
Like everything in the print media world, magazine publishing is undergoing a transformation. With readers getting information and news from many sources today, magazines are competing for the time and attention of their audiences and publishers are rethinking their business models. Some magazines, like the 97-year-old Harvard Business Review, reduced Read more…
Environmentalists have made strides recently on the topic of the damage caused by throwaway items such as plastic drinking straws. Many restaurants across the country are either limiting the use of plastic straws or banning them entirely in favor of the old-fashioned paper kind. The straw campaign has successfully increased Read more…
The recent news that the US Justice Department was blocking the proposed acquisition of LSC Communications by Quad Graphics is a turning point for the print media business. The DOJ Antitrust Division lawsuit says “the transaction would combine the only two significant providers of magazine, catalog, and book printing services” Read more…