The Postal Service is projecting a $13 billion revenue shortfall this fiscal year because of the pandemic. In fact, it makes money from its business with Amazon, which is likely to shift to alternatives such as UPS or FedEx if the Postal Service raised prices substantially.

Media companies announce more pay cuts and furloughs.

Media company employees continue to be harmed by the loss in advertising revenue brought on by the pandemic, the shutdown of businesses and the economic downturn, a weekly roundup from The New York Times found.

Three thousand employees at Meredith, the magazine publishing giant based in Des Moines, Iowa, whose titles include Better Homes & Gardens and People, will be subject to pay cuts under cost-saving measures announced this week.

At Tribune Publishing, a second series of cutbacks were announced after the permanent pay cuts for those making more than $67,000 that were put forth earlier this month. This week, the chief executive, Terry Jimenez, said those making $40,000 to $67,000 at newspapers like The Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun and The New York Daily News would need to take three-week furloughs over the next three months. (Management says it will negotiate with relevant unions over cuts.)

There is already anxiety at many of these newspapers, where some journalists have sought wealthy local benefactors to purchase them, after the hedge fund Alden Global Capital revealed late last year that it has bought roughly one-third of the company’s stock.

If there is a bright spot, it is the Payroll Protection Program, the $349 billion small-business stimulus Congress authorized. Executives at several companies on this list, including Schneps Media, Seven Days and The Times-Picayune of New Orleans, said they had received loans that would either be forgiven or be repayable on generous terms. In turn, this may allow them to restore jobs and wages.

One small business has filed 13 applications for aid, with little success.