College Press Service
Encyclopedia
College Press Service is a commercial news agency
supplying stories to student newspaper
s.
It began as the news agency of the United States Student Press Association
(USSPA). When USSPA
suffered financial setbacks in the early 1970s, CPS was spun off and became a progressive alternative news collective
in Denver, Colorado. It, too, later folded, selling its name to the commercial enterprise, and distributing the funds to progressive groups in Denver. In the mid 1960s, radical staff members of CPS split off from the United States Student Press Association
and established Liberation News Service
(LNS).
News agency
A news agency is an organization of journalists established to supply news reports to news organizations: newspapers, magazines, and radio and television broadcasters. Such an agency may also be referred to as a wire service, newswire or news service.-History:The oldest news agency is Agence...
supplying stories to student newspaper
Student newspaper
A student newspaper is a newspaper run by students of a university, high school, middle school, or other school. These papers traditionally cover local and, primarily, school or university news....
s.
It began as the news agency of the United States Student Press Association
United States Student Press Association
The United States Student Press Association was a national organization of campus newspapers and editors active in the 1960s. It formed a national news agency called College Press Service . USSPA was developed as a program of the National Student Association . USSPA later became independent, then...
(USSPA). When USSPA
suffered financial setbacks in the early 1970s, CPS was spun off and became a progressive alternative news collective
News agency (alternative)
An alternative news agency operates in a similar fashion to a commercial news agency, but defines itself as an alternative to commercial or "mainstream" operations. They span the political spectrum, but most frequently are progressive or radical left. Sometimes they combine the services of a news...
in Denver, Colorado. It, too, later folded, selling its name to the commercial enterprise, and distributing the funds to progressive groups in Denver. In the mid 1960s, radical staff members of CPS split off from the United States Student Press Association
United States Student Press Association
The United States Student Press Association was a national organization of campus newspapers and editors active in the 1960s. It formed a national news agency called College Press Service . USSPA was developed as a program of the National Student Association . USSPA later became independent, then...
and established Liberation News Service
Liberation News Service
Liberation News Service was a New Left, Underground press news service which published news bulletins from 1967 to 1981.-History:The Liberation News Service was co-founded in the summer of 1967 by Ray Mungo and Marshall Bloom after the two of them were separated from the United States Student...
(LNS).