Fleet Street

noun

a street in central London, England: location of many newspaper offices; often used figuratively to mean the entire British newspaper world.

Fleet Street

a street in central London in which many newspaper offices were formerly situated
British journalism or journalists collectively

1375–1425; late Middle English Flete Strete, after a nearby stream; fleet ³

Sullivan’s writing is as colorful as the Fleet Street editor with the eye patch.

Brooks described how she had risen through the ranks of Fleet Street to become one of the most powerful players in British media.

To his staff in March, he said, “It was the culture of Fleet Street.”

The deal should have been referred to the competition authorities as Murdoch already owned a substantial chunk of Fleet Street.

Fleet Street commentary at the time described him as the “pushy Yank” who became a celebrity out of sheer force of personality.

Peter Jukes on Fleet Street, where no good deed goes unpunished.

Several tons of leaden pipe were dug up in Fleet street, London, laid down 300 years before.

Ideas of revenge took possession of him while in London, staying with his mother in an alley-way off Fleet Street.

Once in Fleet Street he stood under the friendly light of a lamp and opened the paper.

However I have had the arrears of rent paid into Fleet street: which leaves a very moderate balance of interest against me.

He blistered Arbuthnot with abuse, swung from the newspaper office, and barged mightily down Fleet Street, a disturber of traffic.

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