Q. I was able to get my periodical permit finalized. It was no easy feat. So, we’ll be doing legal advertising again. I read your Q&A on the PN resource page about what is necessary after Jan. 1 and I’m not clear on one thing. Prior to Jan. 1, 2023, it was an audit proving…
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Q. We are wondering if you know anything about legal requirements for FTC compliance? The FTC states we must inform consumers at the time of purchase and prior to re-billing that subscriptions will be auto renewed unless cancelled by a certain date. We do both of those things (on our sales page and in their…
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Colleagues, For nearly 40 years the First Amendment Foundation has fought for open government and access to public records, often working side-by-side with reporters and newspapers as they struggled to get information that those in power sought to keep in the shadows. Once upon a time such abuses were rare. Unfortunately, these trends are far…
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For Immediate Release For more information, contact: Layne Bruce lbruce@mspress.org Missouri Press executive elected NAM president DENVER — The executive director of the Missouri Press Association was elected president of Newspaper Association Managers, Inc. (NAM), during the group’s 100th Annual Summer Conference Aug. 4 in Denver, the city where the organization was founded in…
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Q. We have heard that there have been recent legal changes regarding the Seminole Tribe compact for sport betting and the legality of sports betting sites and placing advertising on digital sites. Can you provide any background? A. As you may recall, despite some online sports betting being legally sanctioned in 2021 through a new…
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Q. How long do newspapers need to save physical copies of public notices published? We’ve been archiving them physically for 18 months. This includes private, government, and tax deed notices. A. I am not aware of any archiving requirement for printed notices. (There is an 18-month period for the online FPA site notices). We have…
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Attention FPA Members who place public notices: We wanted to share some important news with you regarding the way you upload your public notices to our aggregated FloridaPublicNotices.com site. It was decided a few weeks back by the FPA board, for business reasons, we would reinstate our previous vendor Quoin and will be sunsetting the…
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It was a Friday in November 1978, Gerry Mulligan’s first day as editor of the Citrus County Chronicle. Back then, the paper came out two times a week and work was finished by noon on Fridays. At noon, Mulligan asked his boss, David Arthurs, “What’s next?” Just then, a woman pushed open the door of…
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Q. Do you have any guidance on ADA website compliance? A. Attached is a memo from a while back but it should still be relevant. Q. A local political party women’s club wants to run a series of informational ads regarding voting. Are we bound by any political rates for the ad and is the…
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Q. With the Seminole Tribe compact for sport betting in flux, we have been receiving inquiries from existing, out-of-state, sports betting sites about advertising on our digital site. Are you aware of any state laws prohibiting us from accepting this advertising? I do hear these sites advertising on sports radio stations in our market. A.…
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