Crain’s Detroit Business: The next wave of digital transformation in the news business: Public notices? They still represent a revenue stream, and Michigan’s newspapers are battling to keep a lock on the business. House Bill 4183 would require that public notices be published solely online, changing the legally required practice of townships, villages, cities and counties paying to publish notices in print newspapers. “We envisioned a time when we’ll have fewer and fewer newspapers and more and more technologies and ways to inform the public.”