In the public interest of maintaining a newspaper press editorially and reportorially independent and competitive in all parts of the United States, it is hereby declared to be the public policy of the United States to preserve the publication of newspapers in any city, community, or metropolitan area where a joint operating arrangement has been heretofore entered into because of economic distress or is hereafter effected in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Pub. L. 91–353, § 284 Stat. 466 (, , .)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
Pub. L. 91–353, § 184 Stat. 466
“This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Newspaper Preservation Act’.”
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Separability
Pub. L. 91–353, § 684 Stat. 467
“If any provision of this Act [enacting this chapter] is declared unconstitutional, or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this Act, and the applicability of such provision to any other person or circumstance, shall not be affected thereby.”
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