Newspaper Association of America
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The Newspaper Association of America is a trade association representing approximately 2000 newspapers in the United States and Canada. Member newspapers represented by the NAA include large daily papers, non-daily and small-market publications, as well as digital and multiplatform products.
As stated on its website, the NAA serves the newspaper industry in strategic efforts to:
, which emphasizes youth readership and the cultivation of a more diverse media work force.
NAA is a member of the World Association of Newspapers
, the World Press Freedom Committee
and the International Press Telecommunications Council
.
Overview
Headquartered in Arlington, Va., just outside the nation’s capital, the Newspaper Association of America (NAA) focuses on the foremost issues shaping the newspaper industry today. Among the association’s top priorities are public policy and legal matters, as well as revenue and audience development for the broad range of products and digital platforms now offered by the newspaper industry. Further information can be found at www.naa.org.As stated on its website, the NAA serves the newspaper industry in strategic efforts to:
- Serve as a catalyst for industry growth
- Identify and disseminate examples of industry innovation
- Provide tools to exchange information and ideas
- Advocate and communicate industry views and interests to the Federal Government and to third-party standards and measurement bodies
- Communicate the vitality of newspaper media to external constituencies including the advertising community, Wall Street and the news media.
History
On June 1, 1992, seven newspaper-industry associations merged to create the Newspaper Association of America. The associations included the American Newspaper Publishers Association (founded in 1887), the Newspaper Advertising Bureau, the Association of Newspaper Classified Advertising Managers, the International Circulation Managers Association, the International Newspapers Advertising and Marketing Executives, the Newspaper Advertising Co-op Network, and the Newspaper Research Council.Organization
NAA partners with the Newspaper National Network, a print and online advertising sales partnership, and the NAA FoundationNAA Foundation
The Newspaper Association of America Foundation was established in 1961 by the Board of Directors of the American Newspaper Publishers Association...
, which emphasizes youth readership and the cultivation of a more diverse media work force.
NAA is a member of the World Association of Newspapers
World Association of Newspapers
The World Association of Newspapers is a non-profit, non-governmental organization made up of 76 national newspaper associations, 12 news agencies, 10 regional press organisations and individual newspaper executives in 100 countries...
, the World Press Freedom Committee
World Press Freedom Committee
The World Press Freedom Committee is a coordination group of national and international news media organizations.The WPFC set out global press freedom principles in the 1981 Declaration of Talloires , followed in 1987 by the 10-point Charter for a Free Press...
and the International Press Telecommunications Council
International Press Telecommunications Council
The International Press Telecommunications Council, based in London, United Kingdom, is a consortium of the world's major news agencies and news industry vendors...
.