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
PRC outlines future ‘skyrocketing’ postal costs
Mar 1, 2020
Imagine that you are spending $250 a week at your local post office, mailing some 2,000 newspapers to your readers. Service is pretty good, so long as you do most of the work: sort the papers by the carrier’s ...
Rejection of massive postage increase; it is time to call on Congress to fix the postal service with public funding
Feb 3, 2020
National Newspaper Association has urged the Postal Regulatory Commission to abandon its proposal for postage increases for small newspapers that could add nearly 50% to distribution costs over the next ...
USPS is providing a six-month extension for renewal of requesters
Apr 3, 2020
Publishers of requester publications, in particular, have a respite from bringing expiring requests up to date.
Postal Q & A: Requester pubs below 24 pages?
Apr 1, 2020
Coronavirus: Missing pub days affect permit?
Getting your mail (ISSUE BRIEF)
Mar 30, 2020
Many businesses in local communities were forced to shut down abruptly without having time to think about their mail delivery. Typically, a local post office will hold mail for 10 days before beginning ...
USPS has advised Periodicals permits will not be revoked due to suspension related to coronavirus quarantines
Mar 17, 2020
USPS has advised NNA that Periodicals permits will not be revoked if a newspaper has to suspend a print issue during coronavirus quarantines.
Seamless acceptance, Enterprise Payment System, Business Customer Gateway changes for members
Mar 1, 2020
A big part of NNA’s participation in the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) is getting a preview of new programs and procedures proposed by the Postal Service. The theory is that the representatives ...
National Newspaper Association celebrates passage of USPS Fairness Act
Feb 5, 2020
National Newspaper Association today applauded passage in the U.S. House of Representatives of the USPS Fairness Act, HR 2382. The bill would reverse a Congressional act of 2006 that imposed a heavy financial ...
Mail volume to fall 18%, deliveries up 5%
Feb 1, 2020
The Postal Service’s updated five-year plan predicts mail volume will fall 18% during that period, while delivery points will grow by 5%, or 6.9 million. That, in turn, means revenue per delivery ...
