Postal Alert: Magazines and Catalogs

The impact of the increased postal costs is likely to result in a decline in print volume—how big a decline will vary by mail category or class and the mailer’s ability to achieve the maximum postal discounts available under revised work-sharing rules.

Magazine Increase Delayed, but Not Forgotten

The USPS Board of Governors delayed instituting the new periodical rate until mid-July to allow publishers, printers and their software providers adequate time to update computer software and to cope with the complexity of a new complicated periodical rate structure.