wire service
Dispatches to newspapers
A wire service is a news organization that gathers and distributes stories to subscribing newspapers, broadcasters, and websites.
The name comes from the telegraph wires that once transmitted dispatches.
Major wire services like the Associated Press and Reuters supply content that appears across thousands of outlets worldwide: The story came over the wire service this morning.
Conveying documented information
- correspondentJournalist covering distant events
- dispatchSend with speed
- coverageExtent of inclusion
- pressApply force downward
newsroom · bureau · byline · dateline · editorial · headline · bulletin · story
London-based wire service
- APMajor news syndicate
- Associated PressGlobal news-gathering cooperative
- UPIIndian instant payment system
- BloombergFinancial information conglomerate
Xinhua · syndication · subscriber · feed · network · affiliate
Electric text transmitter
- tickerInformal term for heart
- feedSupply with sustenance
- real-timeOccurring without processing delay
- instantBriefest unit of time
dispatch · filing · transmission · update · flash · urgent · breaking · alert
Telegraph code originator
- telegraphElectrical message system
- transmitterSignal-emitting device
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
- dotsSmall circular marks
dashes · operator · key · relay · circuit · ticker tape · teletype · Western Union
reporting
Conveying documented information
- correspondentJournalist covering distant events
- dispatchSend with speed
- coverageExtent of inclusion
press · newsroom · bureau · byline · dateline · editorial · headline · bulletin · story · article
Reuters
London-based wire service
- APMajor news syndicate
- Associated PressGlobal news-gathering cooperative
- UPIIndian instant payment system
Bloomberg · Xinhua · syndication · subscriber · feed · network · affiliate
teletype
Electric text transmitter
instant · dispatch · filing · transmission · update · flash · urgent · breaking · alert · embargo
Morse
Telegraph code originator
- telegraphElectrical message system
- transmitterSignal-emitting device
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
dots · dashes · operator · key · relay · circuit · ticker tape · teletype · Western Union · undersea cable
- newsnews, headlines, breaking news, headline, news alert
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
- Media Historyprinting press, newspaper, telegraph, radio, television
- Media Termsbreaking news, TV show, sound bite, press release, comic strip
- news medianews agency, newspaper, documentary, article, news photo
- pressnewspaper, press laws, free press, newsroom, press cards