News Alliance Group

The News Alliance Group, Co. (株式会社新聞同盟集団), formerly known as the Yamatai News Alliance Group, is a Yamataian multinational media and publishing company, operating across news media, book publishing, cable television, digital classifieds, and digital real estate information. It is headquartered in Niihama and is privately owned and operated by the News Alliance Council, a group of Yamataian owners. It is one of the largest media conglomerates in Yamatai and is the largest news company in Yamatai. The group has also expanded throughout Western Escar and Amphia. Some of its notable holdings are the Rengo Shinbun, the second-largest newspaper in Yamatai, All-Yamatai Television, the most-subscribed cable television network in Yamatai and Hinomoto, the Nankaidō Shimbun, the largest regional newspaper in Chisei, and some major television channels in Amphia.

The News Alliance Group was founded in 1972 as the Yamatai News Alliance Group by a group of private Yamataian news publishers to collectively oppose continued market dominance by the government-assisted Akagi Shinbun. Though the Group has grown since then, the core leadership and ownership of the entire News Alliance Group still remains in the hands of the original publishers who formed the alliance, now known as the News Alliance Council.

In 2006, the Yamatai News Alliance Group renamed itself the News Alliance Group to reflect its expansion into Amphia.

News Alliance Council
The News Alliance Council is comprised of the leaders of the five Yamataian media companies that founded the Yamatai News Alliance Group in 1972. Through the Council, these companies collectively own a majority share of the News Alliance Group. The president of the News Alliance Group is appointed from among the members of this council every five years.

All five of the companies represented on the Council are family-owned, making the News Alliance Group jointly-owned by the Nakatani, Arai, Tachibana, Uehara, and Yamashita families. Some of these families are also known for other business ventures, such as the Tachibana family's ownership of Tachibana Real Estate, the largest realtor company in Yamatai.