newsbreak

Urgent broadcast interruption

A newsbreak is a brief interruption in regular programming to deliver breaking news, or the story itself that warrants such interruption: We interrupt this broadcast for a newsbreak.

The term also refers to any significant story that breaks suddenly: The scandal was the biggest newsbreak of the year.

bulletin

headline

News article title

flash · update · breaking · scoop · exclusive · dispatch · report · notification · advisory · briefing

broadcast

anchor

Secures ships to seabed

studio · correspondent · streaming · simulcast · ticker · chyron · broadcast · remote · feed · segment

urgency

breaking

Coming apart suddenly

late-breaking · fast-moving · real-time · rapid · urgent · emerging · ongoing · escalating · fluid

journalism

scoop

First-reported story

source · reporter · byline · story · investigation · leak · whistleblower · embargo · press · media

Categories
Opposites
programming continuity

newsbreaksitcom

Episodic TV comedy series

drama series

news urgency/timeliness

newsbreakold news

Outdated information

feature story · soft news · retrospective · news summary · documentary

Family

newsbreaks

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G