From the Real Deal:
As print publications dwindle, real estate struggles to meet public notice requirements
New Jersey’s largest newspaper, the Star-Ledger, announced last month it would cease print editions beginning early next year. It marks a loss not just for Jersey residents who prefer a hard copy of their paper, but for real estate developers who need it for legal reasons.
Real estate developers are required to publish notices of the planning and zoning process for projects in many states and municipalities across the country, an increasingly difficult mandate to meet as daily print publications close shop, ROI NJ reported.
Land use and zoning attorney Kathryn Razin said there will need to be changes to where developers and municipalities are required to publish public notices in the years to come, and further print shutdowns will put pressure on these legal requirements.
“For now, you have to be diligent to make sure that when that publication you’re providing a notice is still going to be in print,” she told the outlet. “You also have to double check that the municipality hasn’t designated a new ‘official newspaper.’”
The faltering availability of print publications for these purposes may also precipitate discussion of whether these public notice mandates are outdated or need amending, she said.
“I think this has raised discussions on that statutory requirement, and whether we should be allowing a newspaper’s website to satisfy these requirements in lieu of a print publication,” she told the outlet. “From an applicant’s standpoint, this has been a long-standing requirement and could be seen as antiquated and in need of an update, alongside other statutory requirements.”
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re: “outdated”
WSJ has 649,000 print subscribers, that is the only paper I still see being delivered. We stopped getting the print version about 10 years ago, my neighbor still gets his. That must be some route for the paperboy.
The Washington Post: Has a print circulation of 135,980.
Los Angeles Times: Has a print circulation of 118,760
NY Post: Has a print circulation of 131,000
BTW the last statistic on the Star Ledger I could find was about 35,000 printed daily.
This online local news was perhaps too early. Patch.com
https://patch.com/new-jersey/across-nj
Founded by an ex-google president in 2007 for hyper local news, then purchased by AOL 2 years later and then spun off in 2013. But for all of that hard work “reporting” today they only get $20 million in annual ad revenue… The money still flows mainly to google and Facebook and the legacy media.
The statutory requirements for printed third-party public notice requirements still cost something like 50 cents a line printed.. I doubt the online media even wants the business.
What is going to happen is every municipality, county and the state will post them in their website.
However, I have a sweet spot in my heart for newspapers. As I a newspaper delivery boy for the Hudson Dispatch in the morning and Jersey Journal in the afternoon. I had the pleasure of seen headlines like “Menendez witness against Musto”, “Musto convicted”, “Lennon shot dead”.
In fact I swear, I probably met Fat Eddie’s grandma in the Pall Mall + cheap booze + 5 cats blend classic smell of the trailer park in 51st & Tonnelle. She was always late paying and that moo moo. It was tough collecting from her… https://youtu.be/FsxJfcFVnpo?si=kJmTgqnuqu4kf1RB
51st & Tonnelle… North Bergen, bro. Eddie’s grandma was in God’s country, Jersey City. I’ll tell you though, those little chickies that lived off of Bove (Bogie) Terrace really loved to make out! lol.
Ten 428. Notable if we stay through 430.
Farmers already begging to keep their migrants in the face of deportations.
They are not farmers. They are rapists and murders and illegals.
I can’t wait to see the military rounding up blueberry pickers with tanks and other armored vehicles. Heck, 5% of our military are immigrants themselves. I wonder if any of the 95% have the honor of rounding up their fellow serving criminals?
This is what the majority voted for. Enjoy it.
I would have been happier paying for more judges and border patrol to vet incoming immigrants. But the extremes always win out when there is such division between our two parties.
Popcorn anyone? I’d purchase it now as it’s going to get way more expensive when we don’t have Mexicans picking it for us.
Several thousand illegal immigrants die every year on construction sites and other dangerous workplaces.
Remember that Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore? The one that was hit by a ship? Eight workers from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador were filling potholes when the ship hit the bridge, after falling into the water, six of the eight workers died.
These illegal immigrants sacrifice even their lives to keep our country running, especially in some of the most dangerous and physically demanding industries.
If you want to deport someone how about the 7 million men in their prime working years (ages 25 to 54) who are not working or even looking for employment, which is about 10.5% of all men in that group… I would rather we get rid of the layabout loafers…..all they do is take take take….I have a few in my family too..
I’m with you Juice.
I would love to see the government more efficient. This is where I would focus my attention. We all know the bureaucracy is bloated. I see it firsthand with my BIL who works for customs. His entire office could be replaces with a database and a website. All that matters to these people is that they punch in on time and leave on time. What they do during the day does not matter.
He recently was given an archiving assignment where they had to both organize a whole bunch of folders containing the original customs tax forms so they could be shipped to a centralized location and likely put on other shelves. A real business would simply can the docs and organize them electronically. But this is the Federal government. Well to help him with the project, they brought in a recent transfer from the TSA. My BIL trained him and when they were both working together, the TSA did help out. My BIL went on vacation for a week. When he got back, the ex TSA guy hadn’t done one single thing the entire week my BIL was out. So my BIL tells his supervisor because he has to keep her up to date with the progress of the project. His supervisor goes to speak with the former TSA guy and he rips into the supervisor. I found out a few days later, the idiot was not even written up. Why? Because it would be a hassle for the supervisor and the ex TSA guy was given to her as a favor.
I hear stories like these all of the time from my BIL. Better yet, since this a special project, he can write himself a special financial reward. Though he is not allowed to work overtime, he writes himself multiple awards per year. They all do.
Here’s another one. Everyone in his office has a printer on their own desk. They also have two large workgroup copy machines in the office. He says, they never get used. Like not once a day. But it’s in the budget and if they lose it, their budget will shrink and that’s an evil thing. So every year, they renew the contract.
Here’s another one. They are given an hour a week for physical excersise. So nearly everyone leaves an hour early on Friday. He also has a pension and a 401K. It’s good to work for the government.
Instead, though, MAGA congress will focus on making it difficult for a transgender to defocate.