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.

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house organ British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of house organ

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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house organ

It was no trivial accomplishment that a strong Black female athlete made the glossy magazine into her house organ.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2022

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

From Washington Times ● Dec. 22, 2021

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

In 1960, The Village Voice, the Greenwich Village weekly that had established itself as the house organ for New York’s boho intelligentsia, assigned a film review to an underemployed 31-year-old son of Greek immigrants.

From Time ● Jun. 21, 2012

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