Is Time Inc. Trying to Save the Postal Service?

by Virginia Postrel  •  Jul 8, 2012 at 8:51 pm

http://www.dynamist.com/2425/is-time-inc-trying-to-save-the-postal-service

Times are tough in the magazine business and every penny counts. So I was surprised to receive not one but two copies of the latest issue of Time--a redundancy that was beaten when Sports Illustrated arrived, with three identical copies. Unless word has come down that Time Inc. is going to single-handedly cover the USPS deficit, something has gone seriously wrong in the printing and fulfillment departments. Or maybe the Postrels are just lucky.