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Newspaper Periodicals mail can be a mystifying product for newspaper executives. It involves a labyrinth of qualification, content and preparation rules that are set by federal laws and regulatio...

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NNA is pleased to announce that the USPS has agreed to an extension period for the elimination of sacks for Periodicals and Marketing Mail. The Postal Service announced late Jan. 6 that it conclu...

http://www.nnaweb.org/usps-announces-30-day-grace-period-for-eliminating-sacks-for-periodicals

USPS continued its push to revise its mail processing procedures today with an announcement that sacks will no longer be accepted for Periodicals, Marketing Mail or other classes. But some except...

http://www.nnaweb.org/usps-to-eliminate-most-sacks-for-periodicals-as-of-jan-22-some-still-allowed

NNA MEMBER ALERT  Contact: tonda@nna.org Periodicals mailers entering their mail at USPS processing plants have until January 29 to reset their production schedules to meet the new USPS deadli...

http://www.nnaweb.org/usps-sets-deadline-for-changes-to-processing-plant-entry-times-jan-29

The U.S. Postal Service’s continuous movement toward digital compliance for Periodicals mailers pushed on in December as one official announcement and one unofficial advisory reached National N...

http://www.nnaweb.org/periodical-mailers-get-ready-for-usps-digital-compliance

We tried something new for us last month for Thanksgiving week, which, of course, is one of the biggest retail periods of the year. 

http://www.nnaweb.org/make-money-and-gain-subscribers-by-saturation-mailing-your-newspaper

Periodicals mailers supplying hard copy postage statements (Form 3541) to their Business Mail Entry units (BMEUs) are facing earlier deadlines. National Newspaper Association has been advised b...

http://www.nnaweb.org/usps-to-squeeze-entry-times-for-hard-copy-postage-statements

The U.S. Postal Service today announced the official end of a service that once sustained community newspapers — manual address correction by sorting address cards into their proper 5-digit ZIP...

http://www.nnaweb.org/usps-discontinues-manual-address-corrections-by-sorting-cards

MEMBER ALERT ⁠— The U.S. Postal Service is proposing elimination of hard copy address change notices for many Periodicals as of July 9, 2023. 

http://www.nnaweb.org/usps-phasing-out-hard-copy-address-change-notices

Congratulations to the  graduating class of the Max Heath Postal Institute™ platinum certification:  Jeff Andres, Northstar Media and Kanabec Publications, Cambridge, Minnesota Deannie B...

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The National Newspaper Association today hailed a critical decision by the Postal Regulatory Commission that questions the U.S. Postal Service’s proposed change in critical entry times for Per...

http://www.nnaweb.org/postal-regulatory-commission-questions-requiring-newspapers-to-enter-mail-earlier

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.

http://www.nnaweb.org/october-ruling-says-subscription-lists-must-be-certified-more-often

Influencing USPS has been NNA's work since its founding in 1885. But the Postal Service is a massive institution and Periodicals mail is a shrinking fraction of its delivery responsibilities. Som...

http://www.nnaweb.org/understanding-periodicals-vii

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...

http://www.nnaweb.org/usps-delivery-network-changes-might-affect-you

Local newspaper publishers entering their subscribers’ newspapers at local post offices will see an average 7.6% increase in postage rates in January 2023. The increase was announced today by t...

http://www.nnaweb.org/newspapers-periodical-postage-rates-to-rise-dramatically-in-2023

Households in the U.S received 104.2 billion pieces of mail last year, but sent out only 7.1 billion pieces, according to the recently released Household Mail Study by the U.S. Postal Service. ...

http://www.nnaweb.org/marketing-mail-accounts-for-57-of-us-household-mail-us-postal-service-study-says

Congratulations to the fall graduating classes of the Max Heath Postal Institute™.  Newspaper professionals listed below completed training courses and certification testing.  Silver & B...

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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...

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Newspapers in the northern regions of Georgia will lead the nation in October as part of a dubious parade toward the U.S. Postal Service’s next initiative to improve efficiency. Publishers wi...

http://www.nnaweb.org/usps-emphasizes-role-in-delivering-packages-pushes-ahead-with-sorting-center

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...

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