Alternative press

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For the music magazine, see Alternative Press (music magazine).

The alternative press consists of printed publications that provide a different or dissident viewpoint than that provided by major mainstream and corporate newspapers, magazines. and other print media. As long as there have been media there have been alternative media, and the alternative press is a subset of them.

The alternative press often engages in advocacy journalism and frequently promotes specific political views. See for example the lists at Alternative press (U.S. political left) and Alternative press (U.S. political right).

In the United States, there are a number of alternative weekly newspapers such as the Village Voice in New York, The Boston Phoenix and The Chicago Reader.