# ACCESS Newswire Inc.

> Alpha governed public record. Unknown, unavailable, and unpublished values are never inferred as zero.

## Record

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Representation | alpha-profile-markdown-v4 |
| Protocol | Alpha Governance Facts Protocol 0.1 |
| Schema | alpha.governance.entity.public.v1 |
| Record version | public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce |
| Governance record representation | alpha-governance-record-v2 |
| Canonical entity | alpha:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd |
| Entity type | Company |
| Canonical URL | https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/access-newswire-inc |
| Publication | PUBLISHED |
| Verification | source_reported |
| Verification schema | alpha-verification-states-v1 |
| Ownership | unclaimed |
| Published claims | 16 |
| Claims under review | 1 |
| Evidence records | 3 |
| Conflicts | 0 |
| Conflicts in internal review | 0 |
| Observed | 2026-10-16T13:53:30.621457+00:00 |
| Last reviewed | 2026-10-16T13:53:30.621457+00:00 |

## Identity

- Legal name: ACCESS Newswire Inc.
- Display name: ACCESS Newswire Inc.

## Alpha Governance Record

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Governance Record schema | alpha-governance-record-v2 |
| Ontology | alpha-governance-ontology-v1 |
| Record version | public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce |
| As of | 2026-10-16T23:54:12.441011+00:00 |
| Completeness | 0.364 |
| Record Quality | 0.804 |
| Directors | 3 |
| Committees | 5 |
| Governance events | 9 |
| Entity class | public_company |

## Section coverage

| Section | State |
| --- | --- |
| identity | PUBLISHED |
| corporate_structure | NOT_REVIEWED |
| board | PUBLISHED |
| committees | PUBLISHED |
| leadership | NOT_REVIEWED |
| ownership | NOT_REVIEWED |
| financials | NOT_REVIEWED |
| capital_structure | PUBLISHED |
| compensation | NOT_REVIEWED |
| governance | NOT_REVIEWED |
| shareholder_governance | NOT_REVIEWED |
| audit | NOT_REVIEWED |
| legal | NOT_REVIEWED |
| risk | NOT_REVIEWED |
| cyber | NOT_REVIEWED |
| ai_governance | NOT_REVIEWED |
| agent_governance | RESTRICTED |
| markets_external | NOT_REVIEWED |
| events | PUBLISHED |
| relationships | PUBLISHED |
| assessments | PUBLISHED |
| evidence | PUBLISHED |

## Board

- Graeme P. Rein: Director. Status: current. Independent: true. Since: 2021-01-01. Committees: Audit (chair); Audit · Chair (member). claim_id=alpha:claim:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd:leadership_role:7
- Joseph A. Staples: Director. Status: current. Independent: true. Since: 2024-01-01. Committees: Compensation (chair); Compensation · Chair (member). claim_id=alpha:claim:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd:leadership_role:8
- Wesley T. Pollard: Director. Status: current. Independent: true. Since: 2024-01-01. Committees: Audit (member); Audit; Compensation (member); Compensation (member). claim_id=alpha:claim:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd:leadership_role:9

## Committees

- Audit (audit). Chair: Graeme P. Rein. Members: Graeme P. Rein (chair, current); Wesley T. Pollard (member, current). committee_id=alpha:committee:access-newswire-inc:audit
- Audit · Chair (audit). Chair: NOT_PUBLISHED. Members: Graeme P. Rein (member, current). committee_id=alpha:committee:access-newswire-inc:audit-chair
- Audit; Compensation (audit). Chair: NOT_PUBLISHED. Members: Wesley T. Pollard (member, current). committee_id=alpha:committee:access-newswire-inc:audit-compensation
- Compensation (compensation). Chair: Joseph A. Staples. Members: Joseph A. Staples (chair, current); Wesley T. Pollard (member, current). committee_id=alpha:committee:access-newswire-inc:compensation
- Compensation · Chair (compensation). Chair: NOT_PUBLISHED. Members: Joseph A. Staples (member, current). committee_id=alpha:committee:access-newswire-inc:compensation-chair

## Governance events

- DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: Joseph A. Staples seat on ACCESS Newswire Inc., effective 2024-01-01. Effective: 2024-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-16T13:53:30.621457+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:1ng5gfk1y1toik
- DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: Wesley T. Pollard seat on ACCESS Newswire Inc., effective 2024-01-01. Effective: 2024-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-16T13:53:30.621457+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:1ik14oz17b9ew1
- COMMITTEE_CREATED: Audit; Compensation committee of ACCESS Newswire Inc., effective 2024-01-01. Effective: 2024-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-16T13:53:30.621457+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:1yik7ez10b6uip
- COMMITTEE_MEMBER_ADDED: Wesley T. Pollard member of Audit; Compensation, effective 2024-01-01. Effective: 2024-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-16T13:53:30.621457+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:uk5r5v1bd5aa3
- COMMITTEE_CREATED: Compensation · Chair committee of ACCESS Newswire Inc., effective 2024-01-01. Effective: 2024-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-16T13:53:30.621457+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:48pa4een4miw
- COMMITTEE_MEMBER_ADDED: Joseph A. Staples member of Compensation · Chair, effective 2024-01-01. Effective: 2024-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-16T13:53:30.621457+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:5t5y2e12lj32u
- DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: Graeme P. Rein seat on ACCESS Newswire Inc., effective 2021-01-01. Effective: 2021-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-16T13:53:30.621457+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:17ty81sta0836
- COMMITTEE_CREATED: Audit · Chair committee of ACCESS Newswire Inc., effective 2021-01-01. Effective: 2021-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-16T13:53:30.621457+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:1udmd5u7b9k3q
- COMMITTEE_MEMBER_ADDED: Graeme P. Rein member of Audit · Chair, effective 2021-01-01. Effective: 2021-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-16T13:53:30.621457+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:d7sglhl1r2sd

## Scoped resources

- `alpha://company/access-newswire-inc` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record
- `alpha://company/access-newswire-inc/identity` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record&section=identity
- `alpha://company/access-newswire-inc/corporate-structure` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record&section=corporate-structure
- `alpha://company/access-newswire-inc/board` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record&section=board
- `alpha://company/access-newswire-inc/committees` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record&section=committees
- `alpha://company/access-newswire-inc/leadership` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record&section=leadership
- `alpha://company/access-newswire-inc/ownership` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record&section=ownership
- `alpha://company/access-newswire-inc/financials` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record&section=financials
- `alpha://company/access-newswire-inc/capital-structure` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record&section=capital-structure
- `alpha://company/access-newswire-inc/compensation` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record&section=compensation
- `alpha://company/access-newswire-inc/governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record&section=governance
- `alpha://company/access-newswire-inc/shareholder-governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record&section=shareholder-governance
- `alpha://company/access-newswire-inc/audit` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record&section=audit
- `alpha://company/access-newswire-inc/legal` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record&section=legal
- `alpha://company/access-newswire-inc/risk` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record&section=risk
- `alpha://company/access-newswire-inc/cyber` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record&section=cyber
- `alpha://company/access-newswire-inc/ai-governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record&section=ai-governance
- `alpha://company/access-newswire-inc/agents` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record&section=agents
- `alpha://company/access-newswire-inc/ecosystem` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record&section=ecosystem
- `alpha://company/access-newswire-inc/events` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record&section=events
- `alpha://company/access-newswire-inc/relationships` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record&section=relationships
- `alpha://company/access-newswire-inc/assessments` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record&section=assessments
- `alpha://company/access-newswire-inc/evidence` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record&section=evidence

## Role modules

- NOT_ASSERTED

## Attention

- NO_RECORDS_FOUND

## Committee data

- Claim alpha:claim:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd:committee_appointment:11: `{"kind":"committee_appointment","original_name":"Audit","category":"audit","role":"chair","person":{"alpha_id":"alpha:person:graeme-p-rein","name":"Graeme P. Rein"},"source_id":"board_seats"}`
- Claim alpha:claim:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd:committee_appointment:12: `{"kind":"committee_appointment","original_name":"Audit","category":"audit","role":"member","person":{"alpha_id":"alpha:person:wesley-t-pollard","name":"Wesley T. Pollard"},"source_id":"board_seats"}`
- Claim alpha:claim:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd:committee_appointment:14: `{"kind":"committee_appointment","original_name":"Compensation","category":"compensation","role":"chair","person":{"alpha_id":"alpha:person:joseph-a-staples","name":"Joseph A. Staples"},"source_id":"board_seats"}`
- Claim alpha:claim:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd:committee_appointment:15: `{"kind":"committee_appointment","original_name":"Compensation","category":"compensation","role":"member","person":{"alpha_id":"alpha:person:wesley-t-pollard","name":"Wesley T. Pollard"},"source_id":"board_seats"}`

## Leadership

- Graeme P. Rein: Director, Audit · Chair. Claim: alpha:claim:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd:leadership_role:7. Valid from: 2021-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:e0950d64144f28610fe8a93acba8a45f20f5f705275e4a6e7cbaa33f81a88576.
- Joseph A. Staples: Director, Compensation · Chair. Claim: alpha:claim:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd:leadership_role:8. Valid from: 2024-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:e0950d64144f28610fe8a93acba8a45f20f5f705275e4a6e7cbaa33f81a88576.
- Wesley T. Pollard: Director, Audit; Compensation. Claim: alpha:claim:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd:leadership_role:9. Valid from: 2024-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:e0950d64144f28610fe8a93acba8a45f20f5f705275e4a6e7cbaa33f81a88576.

## Roles

- PUBLISHED

## Governance

- NOT_ASSERTED

## Board committees

- Audit: Chair Graeme P. Rein; Members Graeme P. Rein (Chair); Wesley T. Pollard. Claim: alpha:claim:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd:committee_record:10. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:4682519fcc556da40a4e13d582f027753a652123b3f76bb51ac202c3c700c3b3.
- Compensation: Chair Joseph A. Staples; Members Joseph A. Staples (Chair); Wesley T. Pollard. Claim: alpha:claim:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd:committee_record:13. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:4682519fcc556da40a4e13d582f027753a652123b3f76bb51ac202c3c700c3b3.

## Financials

- NOT_ASSERTED

## Workforce

- NOT_ASSERTED

## Market and index context

- PUBLISHED

## Legal Name

- ACCESS Newswire Inc.. Claim: alpha:claim:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd:legal_name:1. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:6ea46e25cfdda1e5a46ce8c7c39bd911aea8ac59ce08b3eaa72fd955d64496b9.

## Entity Status

- Public listing published. Claim: alpha:claim:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd:entity_status:3. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:6ea46e25cfdda1e5a46ce8c7c39bd911aea8ac59ce08b3eaa72fd955d64496b9.

## Published Fact

- US. Claim: alpha:claim:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd:published_fact:4. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:6ea46e25cfdda1e5a46ce8c7c39bd911aea8ac59ce08b3eaa72fd955d64496b9.
- Communication Services. Claim: alpha:claim:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd:published_fact:5. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:6ea46e25cfdda1e5a46ce8c7c39bd911aea8ac59ce08b3eaa72fd955d64496b9.
- Advertising Agencies. Claim: alpha:claim:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd:published_fact:6. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:6ea46e25cfdda1e5a46ce8c7c39bd911aea8ac59ce08b3eaa72fd955d64496b9.

## Committee Appointment

- Graeme P. Rein: chair, Audit. Claim: alpha:claim:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd:committee_appointment:11. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:4682519fcc556da40a4e13d582f027753a652123b3f76bb51ac202c3c700c3b3.
- Wesley T. Pollard: member, Audit. Claim: alpha:claim:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd:committee_appointment:12. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:4682519fcc556da40a4e13d582f027753a652123b3f76bb51ac202c3c700c3b3.
- Joseph A. Staples: chair, Compensation. Claim: alpha:claim:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd:committee_appointment:14. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:4682519fcc556da40a4e13d582f027753a652123b3f76bb51ac202c3c700c3b3.
- Wesley T. Pollard: member, Compensation. Claim: alpha:claim:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd:committee_appointment:15. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:4682519fcc556da40a4e13d582f027753a652123b3f76bb51ac202c3c700c3b3.

## Security Listing

- ACCS (NYSE). Claim: alpha:claim:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd:security_listing:16. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:6ea46e25cfdda1e5a46ce8c7c39bd911aea8ac59ce08b3eaa72fd955d64496b9.
- ACCS (NYSE AMERICAN). Claim: alpha:claim:company:690297dd-65d9-4b6d-9980-6aaef4ebc0dd:security_listing:17. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:6ea46e25cfdda1e5a46ce8c7c39bd911aea8ac59ce08b3eaa72fd955d64496b9.

## Coverage states

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Identity | PUBLISHED |
| Business | PUBLISHED |
| Leadership | PUBLISHED |
| Board and committees | PUBLISHED |
| Governance | NOT_ASSERTED |
| Financials | NOT_ASSERTED |
| Workforce | NOT_ASSERTED |
| Ownership | NOT_ASSERTED |
| Ratings | NOT_PUBLISHED |
| Market and index context | PUBLISHED |

## Public sources

- alpha:projection-evidence:6ea46e25cfdda1e5a46ce8c7c39bd911aea8ac59ce08b3eaa72fd955d64496b9: [Alpha canonical company public projection](https://www.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc).
- alpha:projection-evidence:document:e0950d64144f28610fe8a93acba8a45f20f5f705275e4a6e7cbaa33f81a88576: [ACCESS Newswire Inc. DEF 14A 2025-04-30](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/843006/000084300625000014/accs_def14a.htm).
- alpha:projection-evidence:4682519fcc556da40a4e13d582f027753a652123b3f76bb51ac202c3c700c3b3: [Audit](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/843006/000084300625000014/accs_def14a.htm).

## Rights

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| public_retrieval | allowed |
| agent_retrieval | allowed |
| redistribution | not_granted |
| model_training | not_granted |
| commercial_use | not_specified |
| relationship_pathfinding | not_granted |
| direct_contact | not_granted |

## Limitations

- Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
- Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
- This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.

## Alternate representations

- [Canonical profile](https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/access-newswire-inc)
- [Public Markdown](https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/access-newswire-inc.md)
- [Public JSON](https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=record)
- [JSON-LD](https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/access-newswire-inc?format=jsonld)
- MCP resource: `alpha://companies/access-newswire-inc` at https://mcp.alpha.ac/mcp


## Connected governance records

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## Critical-risk oversight

Snapshot as of 2026-10-16T23:54:12.231654+00:00; recorded 2026-10-16T23:54:12.231654+00:00. Every published assignment for this snapshot is listed.
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