Newspapers facing headwinds from Austin to D.C.

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Over The Back Fence
by Randy Mankin TPA President
 
While some lawmakers in Austin are trying to remove public notices from newspapers, our industry is also facing strong headwinds in Washington, D.C., where Congress is taking up the idea of tax reform. One proposal that seems to be gaining traction would involve limiting tax deductions for advertising expense.
Publishers from across the country gathered in D.C. on March 18-19 for the National Newspaper Association “We Believe in Newspapers” Leadership Summit with the goal of confronting that proposal and others while at the same time promoting measures that would benefit our industry. I was pleased to make the trip and was joined in Washington D.C. by Randy Keck, TPA’s second vice president and publisher of the Community News in Aledo.

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