Time to sign.
October 25, 2007, 9:48 am
Posted by Grant Gallicho
Congressional hearings on the absurdly unfair postal rate hike will be held on October 30 at 10 a.m. Victor Navasky of the Nation and Jeff Hollingsworth of Human Events are going to testify about the damage the rate increase is doing to political and cultural periodicals. Remember, the National Catholic Reporter just halved its output because of this–they’re suffering a mailing-cost increase to the tune of $100,000. For papers with smaller operating budgets, the rate hike has dealt a devastating blow. Commonweal is trying to figure out how to absorb the shock of a 15-percent jump in our mailing costs. So please consider signing the petition at this Web site set up by the Free Press.
on October 25th, 2007 at 10:01 am
Grant, you might consider asking subscribers if they would be satisfied with an electronic edition only. I for one will agree to that. I am not sure how this would impact your advertising revenue, tho you seem to be doing alright on the blog and the official website.
on October 25th, 2007 at 10:03 am
Can I have a link to the web site? Or am I just missing it in your posting?
I know I’m going to miss having my NCR every week, even though they promise the same amount of content.
on October 25th, 2007 at 11:10 am
Thanks for the update with the link!
on October 25th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
No electronic edition only!
I can’t take it to the doc’s, to my mother’s, to leave in the “quality mags” rack at school, can’t leave articles under my husband’s coffee cup in the a.m..
Sometimes trees are sacrificed for a good cause. This is one of them.
on October 28th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Amen, Jean!