[Sosfbay-discuss] Action Alert re small publishers

[Gerry Gras]

I read an article written by Robert McChesney about
a proposal to raise postal rates for small publishers.
This is alleged to be a big deal for the small
publishers because it would make them less competitive
with the larger publishers, and therefore tend to
increase media consolidation.  This article is available
at:

"Post Office to the First Amendment: Drop Dead"
     http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/17/575/

Please note that there are a variety of opinions
appended from readers, and some are apparently from
small publishers.

I was curious what The Nation had to say and below is their
response.

Gerry

P.S. It is probably due to my having an old browser,
but I was unable to find out what the addresses are
for the two members of the USPS that we are supposed to
write to.



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [INFX] Are the proposed new postal rate
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:57:34 -0400
From: Peter Rothberg <peter at thenation.com>
To: gerrygras at earthlink.net

Thanks for your interest. They are a huge problem for The Nation.
We've been campaigning. This post will explain everything. Thanks for
reading and for your support.
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/actnow?pid=187140