Archive for category Independence

An online newspaper editor explains notice to the city

http://annarborchronicle.com/2009/08/18/column-a-charter-change-on-publishing/

The City wants to put its notices on its own website, hinting it may want to dispense with the newspaper publication altogether. An online editor explains why he thinks that’s not such a great idea.

Common Sense Dictates Printed Public Notices

As chairman of the Senate Committee on Community Affairs, I have the job of moving multiple areas of legislation dealing with issues that affect our communities. Among those issues this year is legislation that addresses newspaper advertisements and notices and how such notices are to be made public and the frequency in which they must appear.

Specifically, should public notices no longer be required to be posted on the traditional printed page? Further, should public notices now only appear on the Internet? And who should control the dissemination and archiving of those notices — government or the private sector?

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