An alternative news agency (or alternative news service) operates in a similar fashion to a commercial news agency, but defines itself as an alternative to commerical or "mainstream" operations. These span the political spectrum, but most frequently are progressive or radical left. Sometimes they combine the services of a News agency and a News syndicate . Among the primary clients are alternative weekly newspapers .

Examples

Progressive/Independent

Active

• Pacific News Service [1]
• Alternet [2]
• College Press Service (commercial)

Defunct

• Liberation News Service
• New Liberation News Service
• Underground Press Service
• College Press Service (student-run - in Washington, D.C.)
• College Press Service (collective - in Denver)
• Alternative Press Features
• Dispatch News Service

References

• [3] Voices from the Underground (Vol. 2): A Directory of Resources and Sources on the Vietnam Era Underground Press] Has article about the Underground Press Syndicate and other period alternative news services.