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Starting May 12, the U.S. Postal Service will begin offering volume discounts for its Express and Prority Mail products.
Express Mail, for overnight delivery, will go to the industry standard, zone-based pricing system. Shippers will pay less for destinations closer to where packages are mailed and will receive discounts for purchasing the service online or through a corporate account.
Priority Mail, an expedited delivery service, will be available at an average 3.5 per savings for customers using electronic postage. Parcel Select will feature pricing and volume discounts for large- and medium-sized shippers.
The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, wrote Direct Magazine, enables the USPS to better compete in the shipping market.
Katz Media Group has added another new client, Lincoln Financial Media, and will sell ad time on the company’s 15 stations beginning immediately.
Katz also added CBS Radio and Entercom last week, picking them off from Interep’s list.
Katz has also…
Last week, Aegis Group CEO Robert Lerwill resigned unexpectedly, sparking speculation that a takeover may be on the horizon.
Lerwill stepped down officially today (Monday), with Aegis chairman John Napier taking over his duties on an interim basis, writes MediaPost. People…
Out-of-home companies are bracing for the recession like everyone else, but they may not feel the sting as badly as other media.
Though the third quarter brought negative growth to the nation’s three largest OOH companies - Clear Channel Outdoor,…
The 82nd annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade pulled an average 12.6 rating/26 share on Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 27, according to Nielsen.
That was 8% higher than its telecast last year, Mediaweek writes. NBC estimated that a total 44.7 million viewers…
Time magazine ousted Cosmo as the top magazine for college students in this year’s Anderson Analytics fall survey.
Time also jumped past People, which was last year’s No. 2, writes Ad Age. A Time spokesperson said the magazine did not run…
Email, news gathering and paying bills continue to be the most widely used online activities among U.S. adults, but downloading TV programs, watching videos and making web phone calls posted the biggest overall growth, according to data from Mediamark Research…
