National Newspaper Association
Protecting, Promoting and Enhancing Community Newspapers Since 1885
Postal
NNA works daily on postal issues that affect community newspapers. Its goals are to achieve fair rates, efficient service and a level competitive playing field between newspapers and direct mail competitors.
NNA represents community newspapers:
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On the Postal Service’s Mailers Technical Advisory Committee
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Before the Postal Regulatory Commission
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With the House Oversight and Government Committee
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The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
Some of NNA’s achievements include:
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Preserving the lowest commercial postage rate in the system—the Within County privilege—for community newspapers for more than 120 years
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Gaining a new 5 percent discount for Outside County postage for total mailings of under 5,000 copies when a paper has the Within County privilege
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Making sure a newspaper does not lose the privilege just because a postal carrier’s route wanders outside a county line
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Gaining an extension for the requirement to shift to a new Intelligent Mail Barcode for automation discounts
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Preserving next-day or better service standards for periodicals entered at local post offices or mail distribution facilities
Max Heath Postal Institute ™ Understanding Periodicals mail Vol. 2 Session 2
Apr 19, 2023
This session will cover the basics of maintaining a Periodicals permit, finding answers to questions and changes to the operations network coming in 2023.
Newspaper mail hit hard again by US Postal Service
Apr 10, 2023
The U.S. Postal Service has announced another postage increase for July 9 that again sends Periodicals postage into the double-digit zone for annual increases.
Changes are happening; be ready
Apr 1, 2023
The eDoc submission process includes confirmation that Move Update standards for address correction have been met and that the carrier route accuracy standard has been met for each address in the mailing.
USPS carried 5.2% less mail than in 2022
Apr 1, 2023
That was nearly $.6 billion over the money-losing performance of 2022 and $1.2 billion more than it had planned.
NNA member alert: USPS again clarifies no-sack policy
Mar 24, 2023
Now, USPS has another clarification.
National Newspaper Association pushes back on ending hard-copy postage statements
Mar 15, 2023
NNA Industry AlertContact: tonda@nna.org The National Newspaper Association today requested changes in the Postal Service’s plan to eliminate hard-copy Periodicals mailing statements (Form 3541) ...
More sorting and delivery centers to shift local carriers from post offices to central sorting facility
Mar 10, 2023
NNA member alert — The U.S. Postal Service has notified its workforce of plans to continue consolidating the carrier workforce ...
USPS announces final end date for hard-copy address notices
Mar 2, 2023
USPS had earlier indicated it would end the printed notices for all mailers, but in its final rule ...
Better and more visible data on service failures to come
Mar 1, 2023
The U.S. Postal Service will soon be required to provide an online reporting system that will detail service standard achievements and failures for Periodicals and other mail classes.
