National Newspaper Association
Protecting, Promoting and Enhancing Community Newspapers Since 1885
Forum (Pub Aux opinion pages)
To endorse or not to endorse
Dec 1, 2024
Many small community newspapers have not made endorsements in decades.
Will the public be notified of water problems? Depends on notice laws in your state
Jun 26, 2024
Agencies responsible for issuing public notices failed to meet requirements about 6,000 times per year on average. As a result, citizens were not notified that the Safe Drinking Water Act passed by Congress ...
ABOUT THE TOWN: Public notice in newspapers
Mar 1, 2024
I think it is very important that public notice remain in newspapers, and I don’t mean that to be self-serving in any way. Let me give you a better understanding of where I’m coming from.
FIRST-PERSON: Postal rate hikes out of control
Feb 1, 2024
This is the fourth increase in 18 months — the most frequent mailing rate–hike schedule in the Postal Service’s 248-year history.
The Last Word: Postal Delivery Issues
Feb 1, 2024
For three straight weeks, our local papers weren't delivered anywhere close to on time from the United States Postal Service Toledo Distribution Center, and we didn't know why. We didn't know what suddenly ...
FORUM: Raid on newspaper never should have happened
Oct 1, 2023
The Aug. 11 police raid on the weekly newspaper in Marion, Kansas, was so wrong it should never have been imagined.
Leeway to cost recovery is narrow
Aug 1, 2023
For weekly newspapers in particular, whose subscription prices tend to be locked in a year at a time, the leeway to recover the additional cost through subscriptions is narrow. Publishers operating printing ...
Correction - May 2023 printed Pub Aux
Jun 1, 2023
The e-issue was corrected, but Nicolet Bank was printed as both Nicolet National Bank and Nikolai Bank. We regret and sincerely apologize for this error.
The industry cannot afford to toss its subscribers overboard
Jun 1, 2023
It doesn’t matter whether this distribution is digital or print. Same problem, same solutions. Attention to the readers and subscribers is what keeps the other two businesses together.
