[Sosfbay-discuss] Action Alert re small publishers

[Andrea Dorey]

KPFA noted that Time-Warner had a great deal to do with the proposal  
as presented.  Curious, no?
A.

On Apr 19, 2007, at 11:21 PM, Gerry Gras wrote:

>
> 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
>
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