"Do Not Deliver" Bills follow Do Not Call

The Associated Press reported Sunday that in Maryland four free-delivery newspapers would begin to stop delivering to customers that do not want them.  This would be made possible by the publishing of a phone number in the paper that homeowners could call to stop the delivery.  This would be one of the first bills of its kind.  The proposed bill came after homeowners began to complain that the free newspapers littered their neighborhoods and did not stop when canceled.  The papers involved will be The Examiner, the Carroll County Times, the Gazette, and the Merchandiser.   There are currently discussions regarding whether this will hurt the growth and expansion of free newspapers.

Megan Humphreys