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Budget Cuts Are Delaying USPS and Federal Retiree Payments 7 Aug 2013 | 08:57 am
Government efforts to save pennies always seem to end up costing dollars, as some U.S. Postal Service and federal retirees are learning the hard way. As a result, future efforts to downsize the Postal...
Four Print-Related Giants That Have Defied Bankruptcy Predictions 31 Jul 2013 | 06:38 pm
So much for crowd sourcing. Exactly 18 months ago, 79% of voters in a Dead Tree Edition poll predicted that at least one of four major U.S. print-related companies would be in bankruptcy court by the...
IRS Inaction Leads to Another Black-Liquor Windfall for U.S. Paper Companies 25 Jul 2013 | 04:01 pm
First there were the black liquor tax credits. Then there was Son of Black Liquor. And now there's The Creature From the Black Liquor Lagoon, another IRS handout to the U.S. paper industry IRS inacti...
Seven Lessons for Publishers from the Boston Bomber Cover Controversy 23 Jul 2013 | 04:31 am
As part of our mission to provide helpful advice to the magazine industry, Dead Tree Edition offers seven ways Rolling Stone could have avoided the recent Boston Bomber cover controversy: • Remember ...
It's A Case of L.L. Beanwash 11 Jul 2013 | 06:21 pm
The L.L. Bean brand used to connote squeaky-clean business practices with a heavy dose of earth friendliness. No more. The venerable outdoorsy Bean brand is now connected to a rather egregious greenw...
17 Years Later, Using SCA in Magazines Can Still Stir Controversy 20 Jun 2013 | 10:40 am
Early one fall morning in 1996, the magazine production director heard the phone ringing as soon as he walked into his office. “Who are these assholes?” the publisher on the other end of the phone gr...
Mailers Rallying Against Rumored 10% Postage Hike 11 Jun 2013 | 08:16 am
Mailing-industry leaders fear that the U.S. Postal Service is on the verge of requesting emergency rate increases of up to 10%. After lying dormant for a couple of years, the multi-industry Affordabl...
Mailers Rallying Against Rumored 10% Postage Hike 11 Jun 2013 | 08:16 am
Mailing-industry leaders fear that the U.S. Postal Service is on the verge of requesting emergency rate increases of up to 10%. After lying dormant for a couple of years, the multi-industry Affordabl...
Invitation to Extinction? Newsstand Professionals in an Up-roar 6 Jun 2013 | 07:47 am
Those of us on the print side of the publishing industry tend to get a bit touchy about comparisons to dinosaurs, which usually come amidst discussions of e-this, digital that, and print-is-dead prono...
Invitation to Extinction? Newsstand Professionals in an Up-roar 6 Jun 2013 | 07:47 am
Those of us on the print side of the publishing industry tend to get a bit touchy about comparisons to dinosaurs, which usually come amidst discussions of e-this, digital that, and print-is-dead prono...
