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
NNA Postal Hotline
National Newspaper Association provides postal consulting services for its members.
MHPI Special Sessions: Self-Service
Mar 27, 2025
Program 1: Self-Service will detail interpreting the new ruling on bundling, updates, and how to comply.
NNA members urged to join Keep US Posted campaign to remove Postmaster General DeJoy and freeze postage rates
Mar 24, 2025
All NNA members are encouraged to join this effort.
UPDATE: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy resigns; members urged to join Keep US Posted campaign to freeze postage rates
Mar 24, 2025
UPDATE: Shortly after the alert below was sent, Postmaster General DeJoy announced his resignation.
USPS issues final bundling rule
Mar 12, 2025
The final USPS Bundling Rule was published this morning in the Federal Register. The effective date is July 1, 2025.
NNA offers resources to navigate USPS' new newspaper bundling rules
Mar 6, 2025
NNA resources to help members navigate the new USPS bundling requirements
An idea to save some postage, plus thoughts on the future of USPS
Mar 1, 2025
We came across a particular situation recently that allowed us to save a bit on delivery of subscriber papers to a retirement community in our town.
NNA calls on Congressional oversight committees to address USPS proposed administration changes
Feb 26, 2025
Today, NNA Chair Martha Diaz Aszkenazy, publisher, The San Fernando Valley (California) Sun, and NNA's Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) representatives sent a letter to the leaders ...
Trump said to be considering dissolving USPS Board of Governors
Feb 21, 2025
NNA is aware of reliable reports that the White House intends to try to dissolve the USPS Board of Governors and move the Postal Service back to a cabinet department.
