Lovian Press Union

The Alpha Press Association, is a Lovian cooperative news agency. Alpha is a corporation owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television of Lovia, which contribute material to Alpha. Also, some newspapers and broadcasters from abroad use Alpha material, paying a fee and thus without being contributive members of the cooperation.

Policy
Since Alpha is a cooperative owned agency, all direct contributors (members!) gain a percentage of the stocks. They also pay a relative small amount of money for their membership. In exchange, they can use media from any other member of the association. All newpapers, radio and television can join the press association. Also, a few magazines might be permitted. All material can be used freely within the association, however the copyrights legaly remain with the author. With the profit Alpha makes, media are bought from non-Lovian press agencies.

Governance
For now, the Alpha Press Association is fully owned by Yuri Medvedev. He is CEO of the organisation and governs the agency in general. The following functions make part of the association:
 * CEO of the Alpha PA: - governs the agency in general
 * president of the publishing devision: - publishes the media.
 * president of the media devision: ... - establishes and maintains the relationships with our members.
 * president of the abroad devision: ... - establishes and maintains the relationships with other agencies.

If you are interested in one of these functions, you can make a request on our talkpage.

Members
Currently, there are no members. We will start to look for members ourself soon, but you can also make a request on our talkpage yourself. The Alpha Press Association has connections with the following press agencies:
 * United Press International
 * Deutsche Presse-Agentur
 * Associated Press

Mediaforum
the mediaforum is a section that is updated by the publishing devision of the press association. It contains material that can be used by all members of the Alpha Press Association and is devided in three categories: written news, photographs and film footage. Media in this section is to be added and updated by the president of the publishing devision only.