Good News on Two Postal Fronts As 2011 Draws to a Close
At the end of a year that saw postal concerns multiply and media coverage of the Postal Service’s financial woes reach a fevered pitch, publishers got much needed relief in two key areas – rates and service – at the year’s close...Read more

Congressional Efforts to Fight Piracy Become Increasingly Controversial
Legislation aimed at fighting online piracy and counterfeiting on “rogue” websites continues to advance, creating a global outpouring of opinion, and pitting two powerful industries against each other... Read more

Denmark Seeks to Impose a Huge Import Tax on Magazines
In an apparent effort to help the Danish printing industry, Value Added Tax (VAT) legislation is being considered by the Danish Parliament that would effectively ban magazines printed outside the European Union from being sold in Denmark... Read more

Advertising Community Continues to Oppose New Generic Top Level Domain Program; Nevertheless gTLD Program is Set to Launch This Month
With the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) rolling out its new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) program this month, a new coalition – Coalition for Responsible Domain Oversight (CRIDO) – continues efforts to try to force ICANN to delay or abandon the gTLD program... Read more

Revised Food Marketing “Voluntary Principles” to be Issued Shortly; Age Cutoff Expected to be Lowered from 17 to 12
Following comments by MPA and others in July 2011, highlighting the First Amendment failings of the food marketing “voluntary principles” issued earlier in 2011 by the Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children, in October the Federal Trade Commission – one of the four agencies in the working group – announced at a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing that the working group was making significant revisions to the principles...Read more