[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR48.1]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 48--NEWSPAPER PRESERVATION ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 48.1  Purpose.

    These regulations set forth the procedure by which application may 
be made to the Attorney General for his approval of joint newspaper 
operating arrangements entered into after July 24, 1970, and for the 
filing with the Department of Justice of the terms of a renewal or 
amendment of existing joint newspaper operating arrangements, as 
required by the Newspaper Preservation Act, Pub. L. 91-353, 84 Stat. 
466, 15 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. The Newspaper Preservation Act does not 
require that all joint newspaper operating arrangements obtain the prior 
written consent of the Attorney General. The Act and these regulations 
provide a method for newspapers to obtain the benefit of a limited 
exemption from the antitrust laws if they desire to do so. Joint 
newspaper operating arrangements that are put into effect without the 
prior written consent of the Attorney General remain fully subject to 
the antitrust laws.