Local Newspaper Battles MediaNews Group to Publish Lucrative Legal Notices

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By: Steve Myers | Poynter

Tri-City Voice and MediaNews’ Bay Area News Group have been fighting over which newspaper can carry legal notices. The two sides have been in court since at least 2009 over whether the Tri-City Voice and MediaNews’ various papers in the area meet the legal requirements to publish local governments’ legal notices. A recent ruling means Tri-City Voice, a twice-weekly independent newspaper and website serving the southeastern Bay area around Fremont, Calif., can no longer carry notices for the city of Fremont, and the paper has started a petition claiming that MediaNews is trying to put it out of business. The newspaper explained in an editorial what’s at stake:































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