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 The deadline for filing Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation, PS Form 3526, with the United States Postal Service was Oct. 1. This is a three-page form, with the third page being instructions. The date of the current form is September 2007. The filing and publication of this form is a requirement to maintaining Periodical mailing privileges. The signatory is certifying that the information is true and complete under threat of civil and/or criminal penalties. Dailies must publish a complete copy of the form in the newspaper by Oct. 10 and non-dailies by Oct. 31.
The Postal Service does not currently recognize electronic subscribers as paid circulation. The figures entered on the PS 3526 only relate to printed copies. There are efforts underway to allow e-subscribers to be counted as paid circulation but a final agreement has not been reached.
Please send a copy of your completed PS Form 3526 to TPA at 718 West 5th Street, Austin, TX 78701. If you have questions concerning your Statement of Ownership, please contact Joel Allis at 512-413-4122.
The DMM reference is 707.8.3
8.3 Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation
8.3.1 Filing Form 3526
The publisher of each Periodicals publication, including foreign publications accepted at Periodicals prices, must file Form 3526 by October 1 of each year at the original entry Post Office.
8.3.2 Content
The information provided on Form 3526 must allow the USPS to determine whether the publication meets the standards for Periodicals mailing privileges. This information includes, as applicable, the identity of the editor, managing editor, publishers, and owners; the owning corporation and its stockholders; any further corporations and stockholders that own at least 1% of the stock of a corporation owning the publication; known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders; and the extent and nature of the circulation of the publication, including the number of copies distributed, the methods of distribution, and how much of the circulation is paid in whole or in part.
8.3.3 Publication
The publisher of each publication authorized Periodicals mailing privileges as a general or requester publication must publish a complete statement of ownership, containing all information required by Form 3526, in an issue of the publication to which that statement relates; other publications are not required to publish this statement. A reproduction of the Form 3526 submitted to the USPS may be used. The required information must appear in an issue whose primary mailed distribution is produced not later than October 10 for publications issued more frequently than weekly, or not later than October 31 for publications issued weekly or less frequently but more frequently than monthly; or in the first issue whose primary mailed distribution is produced after October 1 for all other publications.
8.3.4 Noncompliance
If a publisher does not comply with the filing or publishing standards of 8.3 and, after notice from the postmaster, further fails to comply within 10 days, that publisher's eligibility for Periodicals prices is suspended until compliance occurs. |
