National Newspaper Association
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What's new with public notices?
Jul 1, 2023
Last week, Louisiana became the first state to pass a law that will eventually make newspaper websites the primary platform for public notice and Jackson County, South Dakota, government officials ...
Don’t hide your online notices!
Jun 1, 2023
Most people don’t know that in Newspaper World, public notices are considered “classifieds,” so they wouldn’t think to look for them there. That’s why your “public notices” ...
North Carolina Press Association endorses Illinois Press Association as official public notice website partner
May 16, 2023
In a unanimous vote the board of directors of the North Carolina Press Association endorsed the Illinois Press Association web platform as the official partner for Aggregating Statewide Public Notices ...
NNA asks Postal Regulatory Commission to stop hammering newspapers with rate surcharges
May 10, 2023
National Newspaper Association Chair John M. Galer today asked the Postal Regulatory Commission to stop adding a 2% surcharge onto postage rate increases as part of its efforts to bring Periodicals mail ...
About those Disney notices ...
May 1, 2023
You might have heard that the Walt Disney Co. recently took steps to frustrate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ attempt to strip the entertainment conglomerate of its power to appoint members of the board ...
Newspapers in two states battle over right to publish notices
Apr 1, 2023
The newspapers supporting the measures in both states were founded by entrepreneurs in communities where the paid-circulation newspapers have experienced multiple rounds of layoffs and cutbacks in recent ...
Bills undermining newspaper notice introduced in multiple states
Mar 1, 2023
Bills have been introduced in at least 15 states allowing or requiring official notice to be published on various platforms other than local newspapers. That’s significantly more legislative activity ...
Classifieds ... the good, the bad and increasing sales
Jan 1, 2023
When dealing with a classified ad customer, we’d encourage multiple insertions by giving a price break if the ad ran at least four times. Running 10 times got an even larger discount.
Public Notice Year in Review
Jan 1, 2023
When Gov. Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 7049 in May, Florida became the first state to enact a law allowing local governments to publish notices on their own websites rather than in newspapers.
