National Newspaper Association Foundation
Promoting news literacy, protecting the First Amendment
and enhancing the capabilities of community newspapers
Postal Tips
The National Newspaper Association provides postal consulting services for its members.
We can help with:
- Interpretations of postal rules
- Understanding how to enter mail properly
- Assess steps you may be able to improve slow service
- Know whether you are eligible for Perodicals permits
- And unsnarl a host of other conundrums that arise when newspapers (and their shoppers/TMCs) are in the mail
Consulting assistance is a member-benefit. Membership includes a subscription to Publishers’ Auxiliary, featuring the monthly column, Postal Tips.
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.
Publishers must navigate the next steps toward mailing in a digital world
Feb 1, 2023
The old ways of dealing with USPS are coming to an end
Make money and gain subscribers by saturation mailing your newspaper
Jan 1, 2023
We tried something new for us last month for Thanksgiving week, which, of course, is one of the biggest retail periods of the year.
October ruling says subscription lists must be certified more often
Dec 1, 2022
Previously, you could use a list for up to 180 days from the date of certification. A new rule put in place Oct. 1 makes the time you can use a list before re-certifying much shorter.
USPS delivery network changes might affect you
Nov 1, 2022
There are a lot of changes coming at USPS, and not just to rates. Starting this summer, we were made aware of changes coming in some larger metro areas involving consolidating carrier routes into large ...
Protect your mailing permit
Oct 1, 2022
The postal team at NNA recently got a question from a member asking what specific postal regulatory violations would trigger the revocation of a Periodicals permit. We thought other members might benefit ...
Updates to USPS Labeling Lists and CASS Software Requirements
Sep 1, 2022
The ZIP Codes formerly covered by FSS have been converted to Label List L007, which directs the creation of 5-Digit Scheme bundles for flat mail.
It's a long river ...
Aug 1, 2022
It is a reasonable assumption that if you are reading this, you are counting on Periodicals mail. Maybe you are relying upon it for 80-100% of your distribution. If that is you, I am worried about ...
While we wait ... here are some great mileposts along NNA’s 137-year history
Jul 1, 2022
If experience over the last decade means anything, it will be more than a year before a new idea jells within the USPS management team and gets on the regulatory path to enactment. NNA has requested action ...
