54 Pa.C.S. § 1701
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Identification of owner and editor.
Official statutory text
Every newspaper published in this Commonwealth, whether published monthly, weekly, biweekly, semiweekly or daily, or whether such publication is at regular or irregular intervals, shall publish on the editorial page, in a conspicuous position, at the top of the reading matter the name of the owner or proprietor of such newspaper, together with the name of the managing editor thereof. If a newspaper is owned or published by a corporation, then the name of the corporation shall be published, together with the name of the president and managing editor thereof, and if a newspaper is owned or published by a partnership or limited partnership, then the names of the partners and the managing editor shall be published in like manner.
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