Hard Copy Postage statements (3541) went away last year. This program will go over how to submit a digital statement, as well as how to define a Periodical, basic requirements, and hot topics ...
http://www.nna.org/understanding-periodicals-mail-vol-3-session-1
Help the NNAF gather data on the USPS handling of newspapers for a chance to win a free condo stay on Pensacola Beach. Donation and survey NOT required to enter (but encouraged) You do not have...
ARCHBOLD (OHIO) BUCKEYE Any newspaper subscriber who travels to a warmer climate for the winter, like Florida or Arizona, knows that it takes longer for their newspaper to be delivered ... an...
If you’re looking to increase your subscription rates, you might be inclined to leave your out-of-county rates alone, or increase modestly.
CHIP HUTCHESON Content Strategist | Kentucky Today Soaring prices. We’ve lamented them in the past few years, especially when it comes to what you pay at the grocery store or how much it cost...
http://www.nna.org/first-person-postal-rate-hikes-out-of-control
National Newspaper Association members serving on the program planning sub-commitee of the convention committee met via Zoom on Jan. 18 to discuss member feedback on a recent survey of convention...
http://www.nna.org/eric-meyer-of-the-marion-county-record-to-speak-at-nnaf-annual-convention
USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy honors Tonda Rush, NNA legal counsel, at her last Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) meeting in Washington, D.C. Rush is retiring in 2024 after 30+ ye...
EFFECTIVE: JANUARY 28, 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. During ...
NNA MEMBER ALERT Contact: Lynne Lance, lynne@nna.org The U.S. Postal Service is reminding commercial mailers that the end is near for hard-copy postage statements. Publishers who have compl...
http://www.nna.org/are-you-ready-to-file-postage-statements-digitally
Waiting for invoice payments to show up in your mailbox … and waiting … and waiting? There might be a reason for that, and it isn’t because your customers are suddenly slow–payers.
The U.S. Postal Service is reminding commercial mailers that the end is near for hard-copy postage statements. Publishers who have completed hard-copy Forms 3541 for Periodicals mail or 3602 for ...
http://www.nna.org/the-end-is-near-are-you-ready-to-file-postage-statements-digitally
The U.S. Postal Service posted a $6.5 billion loss in fiscal year 2023. Its key mail classes have lost more than 27% in volume over the last two years. The dismal results, coming at a time when...
http://www.nna.org/postal-losses-continue-despite-sharp-postage-increases
It requires, among other things, anyone sending a letter or postcard asking a consumer to contact the sender “by mail, telephone, email, website or other prescribed means” and offering produc...
http://www.nna.org/new-illinois-law-mandates-marketers-disclosure-affiliations
Newspaper professionals attended hours of Periodicals training with the NNA Postal Team and hosts, tested their knowledge and earned Max Heath Postal Institute™ gold and platinum certifications...
“My life is flashing before my eyes,” Tonda Rush, NNA legal counsel, said as she joined a Zoom meeting on the premise of discussing scholarship opportunities, only to see decades of NNA past ...
http://www.nna.org/industry-groups-create-scholarship-honoring-tonda-rush
Sometimes USPS likes to see itself as a corporation and sometimes as a government agency. How do its operating rules function and who oversees them? What can you expect if you write to a member o...
http://www.nna.org/understanding-periodicals-vol-2-lesson-7-who-is-minding-the-store
We’ve been submitting our mailing statements electronically for several years now, but if our newspaper was still using hard copy forms, here’s how I would make the change.
In Understanding Periodicals Lesson VI: Mail Preparation & Addressing, we will cover address components, placement, etc.
http://www.nna.org/understanding-periodicals-lesson-vi-mail-preparation-and-addressing
The U.S. Postal Service confirms that January 28, 2024, will be the end date for PAPER copies of postage statements. Mailers presently filing Forms 3541, 3602, and other PAPER statements — even...
National Newspaper Association provides postal consulting services for its members and by special agreement to members of News Media Alliance. The hotline can help with: Interpretations of post...