NNPA Feature Story/CNN's "Black in America" Series (July 2008) 

National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA): The National Newspaper Publishers Association, also known as the Black Press of America, is a 69-year-old federation of more than 200 Black community newspapers from across the United States.

Since World War II, it has also served as the industry's news service, a position that it has held without peer or competitor since the Associated Negro Press dissolved by 1970. In 2000, the NNPA launched NNPA Media Services-- a print and web advertising-placement and press release distribution service. In 2001, the NNPA, in association with the NNPA Foundation, it began building the BlackPressUSA Network-- the nation's premier network of local Black community news and information portals. The BlackPressUSA Network is anchored by BlackPressUSA.com-- the national web portal for the Black Press of America.

The Readers of the Black Press America are more educated, make more income and have substantial Buying Power. Find out more Black newspaper readers from the latest International Demographics research-Media Audit. (Click Here )