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Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
Sec. 0.4. As used in this chapter, “newspaper” refers to a newspaper:
(1) that:
(A) is a daily, weekly, semiweekly, or triweekly newspaper of general circulation;
(B) has been published for at least three (3) consecutive years in the same city or town;
(C) has been entered, authorized, and accepted by the United States Postal Service for at least three (3) consecutive years as mailable matter of the periodicals class;
(D) has at least fifty percent (50%) of all copies circulated paid for by subscribers or other purchasers at a rate that is not nominal; and
(E) has had an average circulation during the preceding year of at least two hundred (200), based on the average paid or requested circulation for the preceding twelve (12) months reported in the newspaper's United States Postal Service Statement of Ownership published by the newspaper in October of each year; or
(2) that:
(A) is a daily, weekly, semiweekly, or triweekly newspaper of general circulation;
(B) has been entered, authorized, and accepted by the United States Postal Service as mailable matter of the periodicals class;
(C) has at least fifty percent (50%) of all copies circulated paid for by subscribers or other purchasers at a rate that is not nominal; and
(D) meets the greater of the following conditions:
(i) The newspaper's paid circulation during the preceding year is equal to at least fifty percent (50%) of the paid circulation for the largest newspaper with a periodicals class permit located in the county in which the newspaper is published, based on the average paid or requested circulation for the preceding twelve (12) months reported in the newspaper's United States Postal Service Statement of Ownership published by the newspaper in October of each year or based on the newspaper's initial application for a permit from the United States Postal Service.
(ii) The newspaper has an average daily paid circulation of one thousand five hundred (1,500) based on the average paid or requested circulation for the preceding twelve (12) months reported in the newspaper's United States Postal Service Statement of Ownership published by the newspaper in October of each year or based on the newspaper's initial application for a permit from the United States Postal Service.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Indiana Code Title 5. State and Local Administration § 5-3-1-0.4 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-5-state-and-local-administration/in-code-sect-5-3-1-0-4/
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