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Startup Stories: Breathing New Life into a State Magazine


January 4, 2006

Maryland Life's glossy stock and affluent readership belies the magazine's humble beginnings;it was conceived when the three principals;co-publishers Dan Patrell, Ross Peddicord and Scott Runkles;met in a community college class on entrepreneurship. In August 2004, the trio launched Great State Publishing and debuted bi-monthly Maryland Life in December 2004 with a January/February issue.

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Not Again: Wilma Forces Post Office Closures in Florida


October 25, 2005

By Dylan Stableford Hurricane Wilma has forced the U.S. Postal Service to suspend delivery operations in a number of discricts in southern Florida today. Many offices in Central, South Florida and Suncoast districts of the state have closed, and drop shipments have been suspended for the affected area.

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Postal Rate Commission Dismisses Big Publishers’ Complaint


October 24, 2005

By FOLIO: STAFF In a long-awaited ruling by the Postal Rate Commission last Friday, the PRC said it would not recommend alterations to the Periodicals rate structure as requested in the complaint filed by Time Warner, Conde Nast, Newsweek, Readers Digest and TV Guide in January 2004.

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FOLIO: SPECIAL REPORT | 2005 AMC


October 20, 2005

[This is part of our special extended team coverage of the American Magazine Conference, the annual gathering of publishers and editors, held October 16-19.] Calls for New Metrics, Recognition of Product Placement Dominate 2005 AMC

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Not Just the Fax: New California Law Bars Marketing Via Fax


October 12, 2005

By Dylan Stableford A California bill reversing the exemption of an earlier federal law allowing marketers with "established business relationship" to use faxes in their communication mix was signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger last week, leaving magazine marketers up in arms once again. The bill

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