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Death notice gouges: $450 for 182 words in the San Francisco Chronicle?

David Rothman April 16, 2010April 17, 2010 0 comment

Alan "Newsosaur" Mutter balked at paying the $450 that the San Francisco Chronicle wanted to charge for a "one-day run of a crappy-looking, 182-word death notice." So what does the Washington Post, here in the D.C. area, bill for such notices? "$9.21 per line, with a minimum charge of $64.47 (which includes up to seven […]

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