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:

On the Postal Service’s Mailers Technical Advisory Committee
Before the Postal Regulatory Commission
With the House Oversight and Government Committee
The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee

Some of NNA’s achievements include:

Preserving the lowest commercial postage rate in the system—the Within County privilege—for community newspapers for more than 120 years
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
Making sure a newspaper does not lose the privilege just because a postal carrier’s route wanders outside a county line
Gaining an extension for the requirement to shift to a new Intelligent Mail Barcode for automation discounts
Preserving next-day or better service standards for periodicals entered at local post offices or mail distribution facilities

Changes are happening; be ready

Apr 1, 2023

The eDoc submission process includes confirmation that Move Update standards for address correction have been met and that the carrier route accuracy standard has been met for each address in the mailing.

USPS carried 5.2% less mail than in 2022

Apr 1, 2023

That was nearly $.6 billion over the money-losing performance of 2022 and $1.2 billion more than it had planned.

NNA member alert: USPS again clarifies no-sack policy

Mar 24, 2023

Now, USPS has another clarification.

National Newspaper Association pushes back on ending hard-copy postage statements

Mar 15, 2023

NNA Industry AlertContact: tonda@nna.org The National Newspaper Association today requested changes in the Postal Service’s plan to eliminate hard-copy Periodicals mailing statements (Form 3541) ...

More sorting and delivery centers to shift local carriers from post offices to central sorting facility

Mar 10, 2023

NNA member alert ⁠— The U.S. Postal Service has notified its workforce of plans to continue consolidating the carrier workforce ...

USPS announces final end date for hard-copy address notices

Mar 2, 2023

USPS had earlier indicated it would end the printed notices for all mailers, but in its final rule ...

Better and more visible data on service failures to come

Mar 1, 2023

The U.S. Postal Service will soon be required to provide an online reporting system that will detail service standard achievements and failures for Periodicals and other mail classes.

Converting from Sacks to Tubs

Mar 1, 2023

By this publication, if you’ve been mailing your non-DDU or Exceptional Dispatch newspapers in sacks, you’ve had to convert to using flats tubs for that mail.