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
Issue Brief— the first stages of Seamless Acceptance
Jun 5, 2020
Seamless Acceptance to replace manual verification.
BMEU full-service mailers transitioned to participate in Seamless Parallel by June 1
Jun 1, 2020
This means that if your newspaper is a Full Service ImB mailer, like it or not, your mailing will be enrolled in the Seamless Parallel program.
House leaders introduce appropriation to help US Postal Service
May 27, 2020
Reps Carolyn Maloney, D-New York, chair of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee; and Gerald Connolly, D-Virginia, chair of the Government Operations Subcommittee, said they believed the coronavirus ...
There is no good reason to allow USPS to falter
Apr 14, 2020
Hold Congress accountable, newspaper people! There is no good reason to allow USPS to falter.
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 ...
NNA Issue Brief — past-due subscribers get an extension from USPS
Jul 2, 2020
USPS is recognizing the difficulty of invoicing and collecting from subscribers during the pandemic. The extension will provide publishers more time to keep these subscribers on the paid list.
US Postal Service to discount Every Door Direct Mail pieces at the retail counter beginning August 1
Jul 1, 2020
The reduction affects only mail brought to the post office counter, not the bulk mail entries typically used by newspapers for saturation or high density marketing mail entered at the Business Mail Entry ...
Periodical Postage advertising standards, measurement
Jul 1, 2020
Advertising measurement for calculation of Periodical postage on PS Form 3541 is required to compute higher, zoned pound rates on ad matter based on distance outside the county and allows lower, unzoned ...
New USPS leadership leaves universal service and postal prices in uncertainty
Jun 1, 2020
On June 15, Louis DeJoy, a North Carolina businessman with extensive experience in logistics as head of the New Breed Corporation, will become the 75th Postmaster General, succeeding three PMGs who came ...
