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USPS Prepares for May 6 Rate Increase

Postmaster General John E. Potter has said that U.S. Postal Service business customers must be prepared for a possible postal rate increase to be implemented May 6.

Potter says that, while “a lot of people” are talking about asking if that date can be extended, “we have to be ready on May 6 if that is what the Board of Governors decide,” writes DM News.

The USPS filed for an average 8.5 percent rate increase. For business mailers, that generally means increases of 7 to 18 percent, based on averages for various mail classes. The Postal Rate Commission should make a recommendation on the rate case next March.

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TargetSpot Snaps up Ronning Lipset Radio

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Financial Times Group Revenue Jumps 11%

FT Group, publisher of the Financial Times, saw total revenue leap 11% for the first nine months of 2008. Circulation and ad revenue grew, as did revenue from interactive data.

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Consumers Using Location-Based Services Jump to 486MM in 2012: eMarketer

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Comedy Central’s ‘Chocolate News’ Parodies the ‘Afrocentric Perspective’

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List Rental Prices Down, Use of International Lists Rises

Prices of list rentals are declining across the board and – for the first time ever - show a downward trend in every B2C and B2B category tracked, according to Worldata’s Fall 2008 List Price Index (see table), writes MarketingCharts.

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More Specialists Handle Custom Pubs, Big Companies Pay More

Custom publications are being increasingly produced by specialty editors and designers (73%) rather than by those in communications roles, according to a study conducted by the Custom Publishing Council (CPC) in cooperation with Publications Management, writes MarketingCharts.

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