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The National Newspaper Association provides postal consulting services for its members.
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Consulting assistance is a member-benefit. Membership includes a subscription to Publishers’ Auxiliary, featuring the monthly column, Postal Tips.
May 1, 2020
Q: I have a publisher who wants to use the sampling rule to do a one–time, all–county distribution to share a COVID-19 four-page insert. My understanding is that the 10% rule applies to his ...
Apr 1, 2020
Coronavirus: Missing pub days affect permit?
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 ...
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 ...
Jan 1, 2020
The ability to count electronic subscriptions on the annual postal Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation, PS Form 3526, has been established since 2012. I have not revisited the subject since ...
Dec 1, 2019
These are questions to the NNA postal hotline that may be of interest to all members but with names and titles removed to protect the identity of the location asking. Q: We forgot to file our Statement ...
Nov 1, 2019
The Postal Service filed October 9 for its annual inflationary rate increase effective Jan. 26, 2020. The price cap was 1.9%, limiting the hike for mailing services. In-County was announced as 1.5% and ...
Oct 1, 2019
Q: One of our newspapers had a question about a postal weight limit on an insert. Disagreement ensued over a 3.3-ounce limit existing (or not). Does one exist?
Sep 1, 2019
Compare these to your postage statements and practices.