EANA's Alexandru Giboi elected Officer-at-Large for US-based Digital Media Licensing Association
Alexandru Ion Giboi, Secretary General of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA), has been elected Officer-at-Large of the Board of the Digital Media Licensing Association (DMLA) for a two-year term. Giboi will represent EANA, a DMLA member, alongside eight professionals from the US and European digital content licensing value chain - from creation and aggregation to distribution, monetisation, and rights enforcement.
Alexandru Giboi said: "During times when content licensing, the core business model for most content producers, is facing increasing disruption from AI and connected issues, the pace of change becomes faster and media professionals are called to constantly update and broaden their views on an environment which is shifting from what we the business-as-usual a few years ago. I'm happy to contribute to DMLA and bring in the experience and point of view of European news agencies - the pillars of trustworthy content for Europe and the world. The challenges faced by European and US news media and general content producers are mostly the same, and we need to stay united in facing them. Many thanks to the DMLA members for their support and congratulations to all of the members of the Board for their new mandates. I'm looking forward to working together with this fantastic team of professionals."
2026 - 2028 DMLA Officers
President: Joe Naylor, ImageRights International
Vice President: Thomas Smith, Gado Images
Secretary: Mark Milstein, Microstock Solutions
Treasurer: Jonathan Wells, SIPA USA
Immediate Past President: Leslie Hughes, iSPY Technologies
Officers-at-Large:
Steve Jones, pocstock
Chris Daniels, izmocars
Candice Murray, Alamy
Alexandru Giboi, EANA
Alexandru Giboi has been the Secretary General of EANA since 2018, currently serving a third term of three years. Apart from his work with EANA, he is teaching International Strategic Management at the Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), in Lugano, Switzerland. Previously to EANA, Alexandru Giboi was the President and Director General of AGERPRES, the Romanian National News Agency (2013-2018). He is a global consultant on media issues and works closely with relevant international stakeholders to advance creator’s rights protection and strengthen society’s information literacy. Supporting the younger generation's access to trustworthy information, he acts as advisor to Politica pentru Toti, a youth-led media project on Instagram.
About DMLA:
For 75 years, the DMLA has been the trusted voice of the media production, distribution, and licensing industry. We advocate for copyright, ethical AI, privacy rights, and the interests of creators and the companies that support them. Through ongoing education, industry standards development, and community-building, we help members navigate a rapidly changing landscape with confidence.
Since our founding in 1951 by New York’s leading stock photo agencies, DMLA has evolved to meet the needs of today’s global, digital-first world. While technology and markets have changed, our mission has remained constant: to protect the rights of creators, foster ethical business standards, and support the success of our members.
About EANA:
Founded in 1956, the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) unites 33 leading news agencies spanning across EU and non-EU countries. To secure a safe economic and legal environment for news agencies to operate in is one of EANA´s main concerns.
For media inquiries, please contact:
Alexandru Giboi
Secretary General, EANA
secretarygeneral@newsalliance.org
