US: publication costs rise with postal rates

Posted by Jean Yves Chainon on February 27, 2007 at 1:39 PM

US magazines, newspapers and other periodicals distributed via mail are likely to face higher costs as a result of the new postal rate increases. The Postal Regulatory Commission decided to increase rates by as much as 18.3%.

"More analysis is necessary, but it appears that the efforts of our Washington counsel and our testifying members have prevented 20% and higher increases that would have resulted from the other proposals," said Gordon Hughes, president-CEO of American Business Media.

The new postal rates go as follows:

_first-class rate will increase two cents to 41 cents.
_11.7% increase for out-of-county periodicals.
_18.3% increase for in-county periodicals.

Source: MediaPost