[NYTr] FAIR: Postal Service Squeezing Small Magazines
 
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:09:29 -0400


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[NOTE: Every small magazine, from The Nation to Workers World, and
organization that publishes newsletters such as FAIR, has issued notices
regarding this outrageous increase in rates, which will affect
small-circulation magazines but which, thanks to TIME-WARNER lobbying,
NOT affect large-circulation mega-corps. -NY Transfer]


FAIR - Jul 13, 2007
http://www.fair.org

Postal Service Squeezing Small Magazines

Help FAIR

A postal rate increase scheduled to take effect on July 15 will raise
the postage rate for FAIR's magazine Extra! by a whopping 12%. This
increase, designed by Time Warner and supported by postal regulators,
will only slightly increase postal rates for the largest
publishers--and in some cases may actually decrease their postage costs.

Getting mad yet?

Next to printing, postage is already the most expensive item in
Extra!'s budget, so this rate hike is a huge blow to FAIR and to the
many other small, independent publications across the country. And
since Extra! accepts no advertising we are dependent on you to help us
offset this new cost.

FAIR's financial support comes from subscriptions to Extra! (40% of
our revenue) and by donations from thousands of supporters every year
(another 40%). We've recently added a page on our website, "Financial
Overview", showing the exact percentages of this support. You can see
for yourself how critical this support is by visiting:
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3063.

Your donations and subscriptions fund everything we do at FAIR: our
renowned studies and reports, Action Alerts and Media Advisories,
weekly broadcasts of CounterSpin, and the indispensable Extra!.

That means the more you can give, the more we can do to keep you
informed of the latest outrages of the mainstream media. There are a
number of ways you can support FAIR:

If you're not already a subscriber to Extra!--subscribe today and
get the publication dedicated to progressive media criticism:
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=106.

>From all of us here at FAIR--thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

Deborah Thomas
Publisher, FAIR/Extra!
       
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