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™ awards newspaper professionals with Periodicals certification
Dec 1, 2023
Newspaper professionals attended hours of Periodicals training with the NNA Postal Team and hosts, tested their knowledge and earned Max Heath Postal Institute™ gold and platinum certifications.
New Illinois law mandates marketers disclosure affiliations
Dec 1, 2023
It requires, among other things, anyone sending a letter or postcard asking a consumer to contact the sender “by mail, telephone, email, website or other prescribed means” and offering products ...
Postal losses continue despite sharp postage increases
Dec 1, 2023
The U.S. Postal Service posted a $6.5 billion loss in fiscal year 2023.
The end is near ... Are you ready to file postage statements digitally?
Dec 1, 2023
Emailing hard-copy statements, scans or PDFs of statements will not be acceptable. The new process will require publishers to enter data directly into USPS’ PostalOne system.
Understanding Periodicals Vol 2 Lesson 7: Who is Minding the Store
Nov 9, 2023
Sometimes USPS likes to see itself as a corporation and sometimes as a government agency. How do its operating rules function and who oversees them? What can you expect if you write to a member of Congress ...
Do it now!
Nov 1, 2023
We’ve been submitting our mailing statements electronically for several years now, but if our newspaper was still using hard copy forms, here’s how I would make the change.
Understanding Periodicals Vol 2 Lesson 6: Mail Preparation & Addressing
Oct 26, 2023
In Understanding Periodicals Lesson VI: Mail Preparation & Addressing, we will cover address components, placement, etc.
USPS News: Hard copy postage statements coming to an end and when mail will be delivered over Veterans Day weekend
Oct 17, 2023
USPS also confirms that mail WILL be delivered Friday, November 10, 2023, prior to Veterans Day. Mail WILL NOT be delivered on Saturday, November 11, 2023.
NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION CALLS PROPOSED NEW POSTAL RATES 'PUNITIVE'
Oct 12, 2023
The proposed Jan. 21, 2024, postage increase for community newspapers is nearly four times the rate increase proposed for other users of the mail. In an announcement last Friday, the United States Postal ...
