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Labor Department hasn't provided clarity regarding exemption for newspapers with circulation under 4,000 in Fair Labor Standards Act

Tonda Rush

Nov 1, 2019

Q: I understand newspapers under 4,000 circulations do not have to apply the Overtime Rule. But what if we have three newspapers whose total circulation is over 4,000?

A: Your understanding is correct.

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Publishers should be aware of the shifting legal interpretations of ADA

Q: I am being told our website might not be in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act because visually impaired people cannot read it. Can we be sued? What do we have to do to get into compliance?

A: Newspapers in several states have been receiving letters from disability activist groups and their attorneys threatening lawsuits

Through the viewfinder — second quarter 2020

Vibrant colors and hard-to-capture action caught judges’ eyes in each category of the winning photographs entered in the Second Quarter 2020 Pub Aux Photo contest.

‘Vinnie’ Williams

Vivian Marie “Vinnie” Ahlsweh Williams, 99, of Watkinsville, Georgia, died January 17, 2020.

She was an award-winning novelist, reporter, editor and newspaper publisher. She is survived by her daughter, Marie DeWitt (Maridee) Williams, who will succeed her as publisher of The Oconee Enterprise, a 136-year-old weekly broadsheet covering Oconee County, Georgia.

Congress approves NNA language directing HHS advertising to community media

Mar 25, 2024

Three years of planning and effort by the National Newspaper Association and its partners resulted this weekend in an emphatic recognition by Congress of the vital role community newspapers play in sharing ...

Presidents Day Sale

Feb 21, 2024

NNA members save up to 43% off select major appliances and free delivery on orders over $399.*

DeJoy honors Rush at her last Mailers Technical Advisory Committee in Washington, DC

Feb 1, 2024

USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy honors Tonda Rush, NNA legal counsel, at her last Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) meeting in Washington, D.C.

A new member is joining our NNA family, Lisa McGraw

Dec 6, 2023

Lisa McGraw, Michigan Press Association's longtime Public Affairs Manager and NNA Congressional Action Team member, will be taking over the NNA's lobbying efforts on January 1, 2024.

HHS directed to look at local media for advertising buys

Dec 1, 2023

The House Appropriations Committee is poised to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to direct more of the agency’s advertising dollar toward local media, including nondaily newspapers, ...

Industry groups create scholarship honoring Tonda Rush

Dec 1, 2023

Rush became NNA’s Chief Executive Officer in 1992 when NNA had a staff of 20 in Washington, D.C.

Some words from NNA's Tonda Rush

Nov 29, 2023

It was with a mix of excitement and sorrow that I informed NNA’s Board of Directors this fall that the time for the next step in my retirement has come.

Maglio, Oliver re-elected, Wood appointed

Nov 1, 2023

In an annual meeting on Zoom, prior to the 137th Annual Convention & Trade Show in Washington, D.C., NNA Foundation board members Julie Maglio and Kate Oliver were re-elected for two-year terms. NNA ...