The Ukrainian Association of Press Publishers (UAPP) is a voluntary non-governmental and non-profit organization of the publishers of periodic press – periodic print publications (newspapers and magazines).
UAPP announced its foundation on March, 2001, at the meeting of an initiative group of publishers of more than thirty independent newspapers, held in
Zaporizhia
Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zapor ...
. UAPP was officially registered in July, 2001. Today the Ukrainian Association of Press Publishers unite 111 publishing houses from all the regions (oblast) of
Ukraine
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.
The chief governing body of the Association is the General Assembly, which elects the President of the Association and the Board of Directors.
The Ukrainian Association of Press Publishers is the first independent union of publishers in Ukraine, which declared its commitment to advocacy and support of publishing business. The mission of UAPP is to unite publishers of newspapers and magazines in order to create newspaper market based on civilized principles and develop the publishing business by lobbying the common interest and qualified service for every member of Association.
Along with the Independent Regional Publishers of Ukraine (IRPU), UAPP represents Ukraine at the
WAN (World Association of Newspapers).
Presidents of the Association:
2001 - 2004(?) Michael Veisberg
2004(?) - 2009(?)
Boris Lozhkin
Boris Yevhenovych Lozhkin ( uk, link=no, Борис Євгенович Ложкін; born on October 23, 1971, in Kharkiv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian businessperson and philanthropist. He is the President of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine, Vic ...
02.2009 until now: Oleksandr Antonets
External links
Ukrainian Association of Press Publisherswebsite
Ukrainian Association of Press Publishers (archive)
Journalism organizations in Europe
Trade associations based in Ukraine
Ukrainian brands
Organizations established in 2001
2001 establishments in Ukraine
Newspaper associations
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