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MNA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes October 10-11, 2013 Park Square Theatre – St. Paul, MN Present: Rollin […]
MINUTES OF THE MNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING, OCTOBER 10, 2013 Park Square Theatre, St. Paul. MN Present: […]
Every once in a while, a design calls for big type. I don’t mean just “big type.” I mean “B-I-G T-Y-P-E”! Huge. Ginormous. Humongous. Yeah…that kind of big.
The business deduction for advertising expenses is currently at risk in the House of Representatives. Despite our collective efforts to dissuade Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp from modifying the current tax treatment of advertising, we have heard that he will release draft tax reform legislation that will propose a 10-year amortization of advertising costs. Specifically, his proposal is expected to allow businesses to deduct 50 percent of their advertising costs in the year the advertising expense is incurred and require a business to spread the remaining cost over 10 years.
Look for your MNA membership dues statements in the mail this week!
The National Newspaper Association, America’s alliance of community weekly and daily newspapers, this week continues a multi-front attack against unfair postage rate increases with litigation at the Postal Regulatory Commission and strong grassroots work on Capitol Hill.
A reader complained about a published letter that supported teachers in their contract dispute: Did the editor know the writer was the spouse of a teacher? Why wasn’t that noted since the writer has a self-interest in the outcome of negotiations? Many editors have likely fielded similar questions at one time or another.