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house organ

American  

noun

  1. a periodical issued by a business or other establishment for its employees, customers, and other interested readers, presenting news about the firm, its products, and its personnel.


house organ British  

noun

  1. a periodical published by an organization for its employees or clients

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of house organ

First recorded in 1905–10

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This just seemed small, though the team’s house organ didn’t seem to think so.

From Washington Times Dec. 22, 2021

“A minor publication miracle was achieved,” Times Talk, the house organ, said in its August 1967 issue.

From New York Times Aug. 24, 2017

After Brussels, Johnson became editor of The Spectator, which functions as a kind of house organ for conventional Conservative Party wisdom, and began writing a popular weekly column in The Daily Telegraph.

From Seattle Times Jun. 30, 2016

Adding to the confusion, this year’s campus protest, and the movement that has supported it, has no Bob Dylan as its bard, it has no Ramparts as its house organ.

From Time May 31, 2016

C.P. didn’t know that before Helms took over as news director at WRAL, he had served for years as editor of the house organ of the state’s financial community, The Tarheel Banker.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

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