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.
NNA pledges to collaborate with new Postmaster General Steiner
Jul 14, 2025
The leadership of the National Newspaper Association sent a letter welcoming new Postmaster General David Steiner to his position. We stressed that community newspapers are a vital resource ...
NNA fights back against two postage increases a year, and has some other comments for the PRC
Jul 11, 2025
The Postal Service should only be permitted to raise postage rates annually, the National Newspaper Association told the Postal Regulatory Commission.
During fly-in, NNA members voice newspaper concerns with legislators and staff
Jul 1, 2025
Early June 2025, the NNA Public Policy Team joined NNA Executive Director Lynne Lance and Public Policy Manager Lisa McGraw along with postal strategist Rafe Morrisey and advisor on federal advertising ...
Postal Tips: The July rate increase is here
Jul 1, 2025
July 13 will usher in the ‘Mount Everest’ of postal rate increases, representing the highest peak of increases experienced to date. These increases are hitting Periodicals especially hard, ...
House Oversight Government Operations Subcommittee to hear from postal stakeholders
Jun 19, 2025
This is the first time an industry witness will be included in several years and Association for Postal Commerce CEO and President Mike Plunkett will be a featured witness to speak to mailer concerns. ...
USPS Periodicals will require cross-strap bundles for mail processing, effective July 1
Jun 17, 2025
This is a friendly reminder that by July 1, 2025, USPS mailers of Periodicals newspapers and Marketing Mail shoppers or other flat newspaper-sized mailings will have to cross-strap bundles that go through ...
Another unprecedented postage increase is on the way — demand action from Congress to replace USPS leadership
Jun 3, 2025
Call to Action: We need Congress to step in and demand that USPS pause the rate hikes NOW
Postal Tips: Thoughts on the new postmaster general
Jun 1, 2025
I wish the new PMG success in remaking the Postal Service into a sustainable organization that efficiently and promptly delivers the mail to every address at a fair price. I believe that’s not possible ...
