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.
Understanding Periodicals Lesson VI: Mail Preparation & Addressing
Oct 26, 2023
The live program is scheduled for Thursday, October 26, 2023, at 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT/1 p.m. MT/12 p.m. PT.
Resources for completing your Statement of Ownership (SOO); USPS webinar on 9/12
Sep 11, 2023
Need some guidance on the upcoming USPS statement of ownership filing?
Editor's Note: Reminder about annual Statement of Ownership
Sep 1, 2023
Since Oct. 1 is a Sunday this year, file by Friday, Sept. 29.
In Washington, D.C., this fall, your industry peers will lead discussions on timely topics
Sep 1, 2023
Join conversations, ask questions and pick up some new ideas from your newspaper industry peers. ... Learn the tools and language to tell the story of your newspaper's total reach.
USPS’ new network and how the changes will impact newspapers
Sep 1, 2023
The Postal Service began talking about re-inventing its delivery network about this time last year and has already embarked on making changes to a number of processing plants around the country.
Postal Service hosts bi-weekly webinars on utilizing the Business Customer Gateway (BCG), offers help with Statement of Ownership
Aug 15, 2023
The October 1st deadline for Periodicals mailers to submit their Statement of Ownership is approaching, so the Postal Service will be hosting a webinar to guide mailers on the entry through Postal ...
Understanding Periodicals Vol 2 Session 5: Everything Mail Entry
Aug 10, 2023
The second season of the Max Heath Postal Institute™ course on newspaper mail resumes Thursday, August 10 at 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT/1 p.m. MT/12 p.m. PT.
Leeway to cost recovery is narrow
Aug 1, 2023
For weekly newspapers in particular, whose subscription prices tend to be locked in a year at a time, the leeway to recover the additional cost through subscriptions is narrow. Publishers operating printing ...
