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News-Sun gets Cochise County advertising contract for 2009-2010
The San Pedro Valley News-Sun was awarded the bid for all the county advertising for the 2009-2010 fiscal year in the amount of $29,267.
Three county newspapers bid for the advertising, including the Herald/Review which turned in a bid of $40,094.
The Arizona Range News also bid $29,267.
Though Call pointed out the difference in circulation of the Herald/Review compared to the other two weekly newspapers, he could not sway the deciding vote of English.
Searle, who called the agenda item "an annual sport" has been pushing advertising with the Benson paper since coming into office.
He said he was not sure anyone cared to read the legal advertising in the newspapers and that he thought the whole issue of posting legal notices in the newspapers should be dropped.
Call pointed out that the county was required by law to post county business.
"We have an obligation to get as much information to as many residents as we can. Per reader the Sierra Vista Herald costs less and reaches more people," added Call.
The circulation of the daily Herald/Review is 8,100 per day, while the weekly Benson and Willcox papers have a circulation of about 3,000 each.
The Arizona Range News, San Pedro Valley News-Sun and Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review are owned by Sierra Vista-based Wick Communications.
Three county newspapers bid for the advertising, including the Herald/Review which turned in a bid of $40,094.
The Arizona Range News also bid $29,267.
Though Call pointed out the difference in circulation of the Herald/Review compared to the other two weekly newspapers, he could not sway the deciding vote of English.
Searle, who called the agenda item "an annual sport" has been pushing advertising with the Benson paper since coming into office.
He said he was not sure anyone cared to read the legal advertising in the newspapers and that he thought the whole issue of posting legal notices in the newspapers should be dropped.
Call pointed out that the county was required by law to post county business.
"We have an obligation to get as much information to as many residents as we can. Per reader the Sierra Vista Herald costs less and reaches more people," added Call.
The circulation of the daily Herald/Review is 8,100 per day, while the weekly Benson and Willcox papers have a circulation of about 3,000 each.
The Arizona Range News, San Pedro Valley News-Sun and Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review are owned by Sierra Vista-based Wick Communications.
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