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States, Newspapers Battle Over Who Gets To Publish Legal Notices
- Poynter, Thursday, February 9, 2012 3:04 PM
The war between the states and local newspapers over who will publish legal notices is heating up again, as cash-strapped municipalities look hungrily at the traditional, revenue-producing franchise of papers everywhere.
"Proposals to loosen legal notice requirements pop up every year in various states" but have until now been defeated by "state press associations and individual newspapers [that] have mobilized successful lobbying campaigns, writes Rick Edmonds. He discusses what's been happening lately on this front.
