news agency
agency that collects and distributes news to newspapers (and television stations, etc.) | ||||
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News agency Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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news agency
Noun
1. an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically
(synonym) press agency, wire service, press association, news organization, news organisation
(hypernym) agency
(hyponym) syndicate
Noun
1. an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically
(synonym) press agency, wire service, press association, news organization, news organisation
(hypernym) agency
(hyponym) syndicate
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news agency
news agency
n : an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically [syn: press agency, wire service , press association, news organization]
news agency
n : an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically [syn: press agency, wire service , press association, news organization]
News agency Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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News agency
A news agency is an organization of journalists established to supply news reports to organizations in the news trade: newspapers, magazines, and radio and television broadcasters. They are also known as wire services or news services.
News agencies can be corporations that sell news (e.g. Reuters and Agence France-Presse (AFP)), cooperatives composed of newspapers that share their articles with each other (e.g. AP), or commercial newswire services which charge organizations to distribute their news (e.g. Market Wire, Business Wire and PR Newswire). Governments may also control news agencies, particularly in authoritarian states, like China (Xinhua). Australia, Britain, Canada, Russia (ITAR-TASS) and many other countries also have government-funded news agencies. A recent rise in internet-based alternative news agencies like Scooplive and Scoopt, as a component of the larger alternative media have emphasized a "non-corporate view," as being largely independent of the pressures of business media.
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