National Newspaper Association

Protecting, Promoting and Enhancing Community Newspapers Since 1885

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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

NNA Postal Hotline

National Newspaper Association provides postal consulting services for its members.

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Maintaining and Using a Permit Overview — Understanding Periodicals Mail Vol 3 Session 1

Mar 28, 2024

Join us online via Zoom on Thursday, March 28, at 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT/1 p.m. MT/12 p.m. PT. Hard Copy Postage statements (3541) went away last year. This program will go over ...

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Community Newspaper Postal Survey 2024

Mar 1, 2024

Help the NNAF gather data on the USPS handling of newspapers for a chance to win a free condo stay on Pensacola Beach. 

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DeJoy honors Rush at her last Mailers Technical Advisory Committee in Washington, DC

Feb 1, 2024

USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy honors Tonda Rush, NNA legal counsel, at her last Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) meeting in Washington, D.C.

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Eric Meyer of the Marion County Record to speak at NNAF Annual Convention

Feb 1, 2024

Save the date for the 138th Annual Convention & Trade Show: September 26-28, 2024, in Omaha, Nebraska

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FIRST-PERSON: Postal rate hikes out of control

Feb 1, 2024

This is the fourth increase in 18 months — the most frequent mailing rate–hike schedule in the Postal Service’s 248-year history. 

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Increase circulation and save postage

Feb 1, 2024

If you’re looking to increase your subscription rates, you might be inclined to leave your out-of-county rates alone, or increase modestly. 

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The Last Word: Postal Delivery Issues

Feb 1, 2024

For three straight weeks, our local papers weren't delivered anywhere close to on time from the United States Postal Service Toledo Distribution Center, and we didn't know why. We didn't know what suddenly ...

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USPS Industry Alert: Postal Service Allows a Grace Period for Implementation of the USPS Electronic Postage Statement Requirement for BMEU Domestic Mailings

Jan 23, 2024

To provide mailers additional time to comply with the discontinuance of hardcopy postage statements policy change, there will be a limited-time grace period.

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