Newspapers Seek to Bust USPS Pact with Valassis

But while the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) approved the contract, the public representative appointed by the PRC later said the Commission "misapplied antitrust principles," in approving the deal.

According to Post & Parcel, the Valassis deal with USPS requires the firm to mail at least a million extra pieces each 12 months of its three-year deal. The newspaper industry believes the discount advantage provided to Valassis would actually amount to more than 400 million extra direct mail items per year.