news agency
noun
a business organization that gathers news for transmittal to its subscribers.Compare press association.
a business that sells newspapers at retail.
Origin of news agency
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
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There were only four of us; two specials,—Wallis and myself,—a news-agency reporter, and a local man.
The WonderJ. D. Beresford
news agency
noun
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