What do the US Postal Service and The Kansas City Star have in common?

Unfortunately, the cost of both is going/has gone up and the service/product keep getting worse. What does that tell you? Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/postal-service-cuts-will-mean-slower-mail/2011/12/05/gIQAroYfVO_blog.html#TID=&TData=