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Rural service declines as USPS builds urban strategy
January 14, 2015
As postal processing plants close and are merged from smaller regional Sectional Center Facilities into much larger urban plants, newspapers and other small businesses trying to use the mail often find themselves caught up in problems associated with the changing mail infrastructure.
USPS to continue Saturday mail service into 2015
January 14, 2015
Six-day mail service will continue through at least Sept. 30, 2015, unless Congress passes a bill this year overriding its 2014 actions, but that is unlikely.
Circulation scam: Fake subscriptions hurting newspapers
January 14, 2015
Fraudulent bills, invoices and renewal notices are being issued by a third party to skim money from unsuspecting subscribers in parts of the nation. The scammers imply they are associated with the publication and purport to offer a discounted price, when in fact, most of the time the subscription prices are grossly inflated. Notices have also been sent for publications that simply do not exist.
University helps with sale of weekly paper in KS
January 14, 2015
Rural Kansas publishers ready to retire, but with no prospective buyers on the horizons, could have a better way to transition into retirement with the help of a program started by the University of Kansas School of Business.
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NNA honors David with the 2014 Amos Award
November 4, 2014
Jeff David was honored during the National Newspaper Association’s 128th Annual Convention & Trade Show, when he was be presented with the 2014 James O. Amos Award.
NNA honors Parker with the 2014 McKinney Award
November 4, 2014
Elizabeth Parker was honored during the National Newspaper Association’s 128th Annual Convention & Trade Show, when she was presented with the 2014 Emma C. McKinney Award.
NNA honors Sawvell with 2014 Phillips Award
November 4, 2014
Derek Sawvell was honored during the National Newspaper Association’s 128th Annual Convention & Trade Show, when he was presented with the Daniel M. Phillips Leadership Award.
NNA honors three during convention
July 8, 2014
Jeff David, Elizabeth Parker and Derek Sawvell were honored during the National Newspaper Association’s 128th Annual Convention & Trade Show, when they were presented with the 2014 Amos, McKinney and Phillips awards, respectively.
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Rural service declines as USPS builds urban strategy
January 14, 2015
As postal processing plants close and are merged from smaller regional Sectional Center Facilities into much larger urban plants, newspapers and other small businesses trying to use the mail often find themselves caught up in problems associated with the changing mail infrastructure.
USPS to continue Saturday mail service into 2015
January 14, 2015
Six-day mail service will continue through at least Sept. 30, 2015, unless Congress passes a bill this year overriding its 2014 actions, but that is unlikely.
Rural mail will suffer with more mail plant closures
January 6, 2015
A friend of mine from South Dakota noted that the U.S. Postal Service delivered a lump of coal to many small towns last Christmas when it proceeded to eliminate overnight mail in most of the nation in 2015. That was a good description. USPS will slow delivery officially by one day for First-Class and Periodicals mail. Many members of Congress have asked it to hold off. But USPS is plowing ahead.
Protecting the security of the mail
December 2, 2014
Recent media reports inaccurately assert the U.S. Postal Service is spying on the American public. Nothing is further from the truth. Reporters have distorted facts surrounding three distinct programs: mail covers, mail imaging, and Mail Isolation, Control, and Tracking.
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