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New NNA President

EdgecombesNNA2John and Jo Ann Edgecombe, owners of the Nebraska Signal in Geneva, NE, pose for photographs after John was presented the gavel after becoming the National Newspaper Association’s next president during the 128th NNA Convention in San Antonio last week. Outgoing president is Robert Williams of the Blackshear, GA, Times. Interlink is proud to have both Williams and his wife, Cheryl, and the Edgecombes as customers.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

By Tom Pinard Retired Owner/Publisher Wrightwood’s Mountaineer-Progress
Reprinted with permission
Published Sept. 2014, in Wrightwood’s Mountaineer-Progress; Victorville Daily Press

Over the weekend the Daily Press reported that a compromise had been worked out by Caltrans and the owners of the historic Mountain Top Cafe, at the junction to Wrightwood, Highway 2 and Highway 138.

So much is being said about “social media” these days, one forgets that community newspapers, from monthly, to weekly, to daily, are the best source for members of the community and those public agencies that serve them, to communicate.

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Celebrating National Newspaper Week Oct. 5-11

Newspapers play vital role in life of communities

By Robert M. Williams, Jr.WILLIAMS
Publisher and NNA President
Reprinted with permission

What do you care most about in life?

Most of us would put family at, or near, the top of such a list. Friends would be there. So would our jobs or businesses, our livelihoods. Our homes. Maybe our pets. Our hobbies and pastimes. Add in those around us: Neighbors, the community, etc.

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Sosnieckis inducted into Missouri Press Association Newspaper Hall of Fame

Gary and HelenFormer Missouri newspaper owners and publishers Gary and Helen Sosniecki are among six newspaper people, including another husband-wife team, who were inducted in September into the Missouri Press Association Newspaper Hall of Fame.

Helen is Interlink’s Senior Sales and Marketing Manager, and Gary is a Regional Sales Manager for TownNews.com. The induction was held Sept. 26, during the 148th annual Convention of the Missouri Press Association (MPA) in Columbia.

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Walk Sequence Update

DSF dated 11/12/2017 is live (updated walk sequence numbers) ~ 90 days until next update.

Next update scheduled to be completed before 02/10/2018.

More publications now submitting postage statements electronically

By Brad Hillphoto_brad_hill
President

Nearly 250 newspapers now are using Interlink Circulation to submit postal documentation online for every issue. In doing so, publishers are freed from having to provide hardcopy PS Forms 3541 (Periodical Mail) and 3602 (Standard Mail), as well as the USPS Qualification Report.

In lieu of clicking Print, eDoc users choose Send to USPS to submit their reports, which are then immediately available to the local post office. Printed copies still are available for determined record-keepers, from within Circulation or by logging into the USPS Business Customer Gateway at gateway.usps.com.

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September 2014 Community Journal Newsletter

Improving editorial pages

ISWNEMembers of the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors participate in an editorial critique session at the organization’s summer conference held at Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO. From left, Interlink customer Sarah Kessinger, editor and publisher of the Marysville Advocate in Kansas; Merle Baranczyk, publisher of the Mountain Mail in Colorado and Immediate Past President of the National Newspaper Association; Steve Bonspiel, editor and publisher of the Eastern Door in Quebec, Canada; Jim Painter, city editor of the Temple Daily Telegram in Texas; and (back to camera) Clyde Willis, retired publisher of the Metropolis Planet in Illinois. The editorial critique session above was facilitated by retired Missouri publisher, now Interlink Senior Sales and Marketing Manager Helen Sosniecki, whose husband, Gary, is the current ISWNE president. Conference hosts were former Interlink customers Guy and Marcia Wood of New Mexico, now retired. The Sosnieckis will host the 2015 conference at the University of Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia. Click here for photos from the Colorado conference.

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Interlink Circulation provides annual Statement of Ownership report

The USPS Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation, also known as PS Form 3526, is required by the Post Office annually to show proof of continued eligibility for mailing under a Periodical Permit.

Interlink Circulation includes this report and can automatically fill in most of the required information. You can find the Statement of Ownership with the other reports in the Periodical Mail Delivery report category. If you have not printed this report from Interlink Circulation before, some setup is required first to ensure all parts of the form are complete and accurate.

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USPS plans PostalOne! update on Sunday

 

USPS has scheduled an update to PostalOne! from 5-9 a.m. EDT this Sunday, Sept. 7.

During that time, the Business Customer Gateway will be unavailable, and Interlink Circulation users will be unable to submit documentation electronically (eDoc).