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Handpicked Articles
On September 28, 2026, federal prosecutors in South Florida announced an indictment of Faheem Akram, accusing him of selling more than 5.1 million counterfeit postage labels through LabelsBank.com and costing USPS more than $126 million.
Also in the mailbox
The postal short story series about Lucky Lawrence’s misadventures as a USPS postal inspector.
Email Content Inspiration
A Validity survey reported by Chain Store Age found that 44 percent of people get more promo email in the holidays, and 36 percent said that volume made them miss a real message.
EMAIL Industry News
From October 1, 2026, OneSignal pauses mobile push and in-app messages on its free plan above 1,000 monthly active users. Web push and email remain available on that plan.
EMAIL EXPERT PANELS
EmailConsul posted a LinkedIn video saying it is bringing an AI agent and an MCP server to email deliverability data, so teams can ask questions without moving between dashboards.
Watch & Learn →
Job Opportunities
Manager, Retention & Lifecycle Marketing
Alternative Medicine · Chicago · Braze / Iterable · $120k-$150k
Senior Manager, Global Cloud Campaigns
MarTech SaaS · Chicago · Salesforce · $120k-$150k
Manager, Future Marketing Transformation
Food & Beverage · Chicago · Braze · $115k-$144k
Wishlist Books
Cap Wigington: An Architectural Legacy — Taylor & Larson
First Black municipal architect in the U.S. Civic buildings, ice palaces, stone, city contracts.
Distributed Blackness: AA Cybercultures — Brock Jr.
BlackPlanet, blogs, IM, Black Twitter. Treats Black use of networked messages as culture, not a niche. Open access.
There’s Always Work at the Post Office — Rubio
Black labor inside the U.S. mail system.
Audiomack Playlist
Late-night drives, romantic dawns, workouts, reflection, or en route to the bag.
Oops — Momo Boyd and Infinity Song
Bet On Me — Imani Imani
MoneyCall$ — Joy Postell
No Such Thing — Kehlani (ft. Clipse)
Luckiest Man — Ella Mai
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