Fairly soon, the U.S. Postal Service will cease delivering mail on Saturdays. It's expected that the move, "beginning in August, would mean a cost saving of about $2 billion annually."

But that doesn't even stop the bleeding. The USPS is losing $25 million/day--an astonishing number. 

Do the math. More cuts are coming, and prices of stamps and

I recently spoke at Postal Vision 2020 (video coming soon). After my 30-minute speech in which I introduced the framework of The Age of the Platform, I sat on a panel moderated by Jeff Jarvis. Before concluding, Jarvis asked the panelists two questions: Is USPS now a platform? Should it try and become one? Remember, everything seems to be a platform these Read More