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The definition of a newspaper qualified to publish public notices is contained in NRS 238. Here’s the basic definition: NRS 238.030 Publication of legal notice or advertisement only in qualified newspaper of general circulation; exceptions. 1. Any and all legal notices or advertisements shall be published only in a …
Read More »A guide to Nevada’s strangest newspaper names
By Richard Moreno During the past century and a third, more than 800 newspapers have been published in Nevada. Most have sported traditional newspaper names — like Lahontan Valley News — but a few have had more unusual titles. The following are some of the most bizarre newspaper names ever …
Read More »If a site falls on its face, does it make a sound?
Had the numbers been for a newspaper, the critics would have been aghast. Readership fell by 50 percent from 2014. Less than 10 percent of readers from a peak in 2013. Layoffs of 16 people on a 97-person staff. “Print is dead,” they would have announced. “The future is online. …
Read More »You might be losing more than pages with lower page counts
By Kevin Slimp There is a rule of thumb which almost always proves to be true at newspaper conventions: attendance drops drastically on Saturday morning. There are plenty of theories on the subject from “too much fun on Friday night” to “heading home to be with the kids.” Whatever the …
Read More »Why we insist on open government
The following column is being published in Nevada newspapers this week. By Barry Smith In an age when government leaks, classified e-mails and court orders to unlock phones seem to make the news daily, it’s worth remembering why we insist on open and transparent government. Sunshine Week is the annual …
Read More »Sunshine Week March 13-19
The best disinfectant. Let’s give credit where credit is due, as this is all about newspapers and journalism, where attribution is everything. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis wrote it: “Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; …
Read More »Opposition to EPA’s proposal on public notices
The Nevada Press Association today joined the Public Notice Resource Center and 42 other organizations in urging the Environmental Protection Agency to continue notifying the public of important information through newspapers. PNRC filed comments asking EPA not to deprive the public of newspaper notices relating to the approval of permits …
Read More »The secrets of community newspapers
The secret is out. The typical American newspaper is small, making money and deeply ingrained in its community. You thought you knew that already? Well, you haven’t been listening to the morticians of print trudging across the digital expanse crying ‘Bring out your dead.’ They don’t read smalltown newspapers, probably …
Read More »Health of newspaper depends on ownership model
By Kevin Slimp It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke: “What do you get when you gather 760 newspaper executives and ask them how things are going at their papers?” That’s just what I did in late January, and a few of their answers came as a surprise …
Read More »Still crazy after all these digital years
If people call you crazy long enough, pretty soon you begin to question your sanity. For the past 20 years or so, the demise of print newspapers has pretty much been a foregone conclusion of anyone who was involved in digital delivery of news. As Kevin Slimp points out occasionally, …
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