Zondervan Leadership Team Moves to Nashville (publishersweekly.com)

An extension to the highly successful monthly movie magazine, Empire Classics will offer film fans a specially curated celebration of the greatest iconic films and filmmakers. The first issue in the series is devoted to the Greatest Ever Action Movies Ever, focusing on the 54 films that have defined the genre. The experts at Empire deliberated, digested and finally divided the films into seven chapters entitled Comic Heroes, Adrenalin Rush, Tales of Adventure, At War, Making History, Spy Games and Wild West. Click Read More below for more of the story.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy recently delivered remarks at the 2023 Concordia United States Summit in Cary, NC. DeJoy highlighted how he has leveraged his private sector background to reshape and strengthen the U.S. Postal Service, the nation’s most trusted agency. Following his remarks, DeJoy was interviewed by Michelle Giuda, CEO of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue University. “It’s about innovation. It’s about a commitment to work and precision. It’s about competing in a marketplace ... and getting a competitive advantage on everything around you,” DeJoy said in response to a question from Giuda about his approach to leading USPS. DeJoy’s remarks focused on how the Postal Service is continuing to transform and improve operating practices across the organization.

Dear Industry Executive: We have heard from some companies about their willingness to underwrite our strong opposition to the PRC’s granting of additional rate authority to the US Postal Service. We still need additional funding. Otherwise, we’re in for draconian rate hikes throughout the next decade that could push all of us out of the mail. What Your Pledge Will Help Us Do: 1. A branded digital campaign to activate and engage catalog merchants, industry employees, suppliers, and the millions of catalog shoppers who rely on and benefit from our industry. We will launch a simple constituent outreach tool for widespread use to motivate elected officials with template-driven email and text tools. The tool will also provide all details, op-eds and other materials to both whip up support and be an online destination that will drive pick-ups, retweets and interest beyond catalog-only interests. 2. Aided by the digital campaign, an aggressive effort to convince lawmakers in Washington to pass sensible postal reform legislation that addresses the massive congressionally-imposed cost overhangs that plague the postal system and are the causal factor in the PRC’s ruling. 3. File a lawsuit in the US Court of Appeals challenging the Postal Regulatory Commission’s (PRC) overreach that clearly exceeds its authority to make such sweeping and fundamental changes to the rate-setting system.