National Newspaper Association
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Legal Standing by Tonda Rush
Tonda Rush is the director of public policy and serves as general counsel to the National Newspaper Association. Email her at tonda@nna.org.
Why Periodicals distribution must be 50%+1 paid or Requester circulation — even with Non-Mail copies
May 1, 2019
The postmaster says if I deliver too many, I could lose my Periodicals permit. How can that be true? Why is it any of the postmaster’s business if I want to deliver more copies out of the mail?
Obama-era salary threshold conversation reopens
Apr 1, 2019
In March, the U.S. Department of Labor restarted an industry conversation that began in 2015. That was when the Obama administration proposed doubling the salary that employees would have to be paid for ...
Unclaimed property public notice under attack
Aug 26, 2018
Q Is there still a public notice in newspapers for unclaimed property?
Public or private: guidelines for photographers
Aug 14, 2018
Q--I have a new batch of interns taking photos for the paper. What guidelines can I give them so they don’t get us into trouble?
The laws governing employees and contractors affect community papers
Sep 10, 2013
Wasn’t Pub Aux wrong in the headline “Freelance reporter fired” last month? We don’t fire contractors. We end the contract.”
