• Adweek, Thursday, December 26, 2013 11:35 AM

In a Scrooge-like move, "the U.S. Postal Service passed [a] 4.3 percent exigent rate increase on Christmas Eve," which will hurt  magazines, newspapers and direct mailers, writes Katy Bachman. "This rate increase does not fix what is wrong with the Postal Service, will further depress mail volume, and will worsen the Postal Service's financial woes," was the quote from "a coalition of mailing industry organizations, including MPA—The Association of Magazine Media and the Direct Marketing Association."

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