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news service

American  

noun

  1. an agency that gathers news stories for its members or subscribers.


Etymology

Origin of news service

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

Example Sentences

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Martin Tomsick told City News Service that officers attempted to pull over a motorist around 12:45 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times

Vera ruled in September that “any duly authorized representative of any news service, online news service, newspaper, or radio or television station or network” would be classified as a journalist and therefore protected under the court’s orders.

From Los Angeles Times

Discovery, a proposed merger that would unite two of Hollywood’s original film studios and bulk up Paramount by adding the HBO Max streaming service, a larger portfolio of cable channels, pioneering cable news service CNN and the historic Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank.

From Los Angeles Times

One person told OnScene.TV, a video news service, that the people aboard the bus had been returning from a church event.

From Los Angeles Times

Prescott also cited issues with the BBC’s Arabic news service which he said contained much less criticism of militant group Hamas than on the BBC’s English news site.

From The Wall Street Journal