Appeals Court Affirms Decision Against Internet Archive for Copyright Infringement

Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $24.48 billion for the retail month of June, the five weeks ended July 7, 2024, an increase of 7.4 percent from $22.78 billion last year. Net sales for the first 44 weeks were $210.55 billion, an increase of 6.9 percent from $196.93 billion last year. The Company also announced that, effective September 1, 2024, it will increase annual membership fees by $5 for U.S. and Canada Gold Star (individual), Business, and Business add-on members. With this increase, all U.S. and Canada Gold Star, Business and Business add-on members will pay an annual fee of $65. Also effective September 1, annual fees for Executive Memberships in the U.S. and Canada will increase from $120 to $130 (Primary membership of $65, plus the Executive upgrade of $65), and the maximum annual 2% Reward associated with the Executive Membership will increase from $1,000 to $1,250. The fee increases will impact around 52 million memberships, a little over half of which are Executive.

The legislative effort to hold the U.S. Postal Service accountable for on-time delivery of periodicals received a boost on Tuesday when Representative Abigail Spanberger (D-Virginia) helped introduce, bicameral legislation to support rural newspaper delivery by incentivizing on-time U.S. Postal Service (USPS) delivery and limiting excessive rate increases for periodicals. The Deliver for Democracy Act would hold the U.S. Postal Service accountable for on-time newspaper delivery service while incentivizing reliable service. In addition, the legislation now on tap in the House would limit rate increases for periodicals unless delivery and service standards are met. “I remain frustrated that U.S. Postal Service leadership is once again planning to raise postal rates — for the sixth time in three years — without fixing the persistent mail service and delivery issues that they know hurt Virginians and Virginia businesses,” Spanberger says.

The Basic Books Group, a division of Hachette Book Group, will add two new imprints to its portfolio following the promotion of Lara Heimert to president and publisher of the group, HBG and Hachette UK CEO David Shelley announced on November 7. Basic Venture, a business and economics imprint, will be led by editorial director Colleen Lawrie and executive editor Emily Taber, while Thomas Spence, the former president and publisher of Regnery Publishing, will lead Basic Liberty, a conservative imprint, as executive editor. “The Basic Books Group has seen fantastic growth and success in recent years,” Shelley said in a statement.“They know their readership incredibly well and are able to serve their desire for serious non-fiction publishing by the leading authors in their fields across a range of different topics. Lara has grown and steered the group with incredible vision and precision; her promotion, and the investments we’re making with the two new imprints and other promotions and hires, are testament to the further potential for growth we see in this space and with this skilled team.”