[ianhawes]

Newspapers absolutely love the PERM stuff because they charge 5x the price. Larger publications that have self-serve job postings will specifically _not_ allow PERM ads without talking to a sales rep who will give you a substantially higher price than the self-service option.

[astrostl]

Yep. And in many cities there is only one viable newspaper, so they run absolutely wild with the monopoly status.