wire service

noun

1. a business organization that gathers news, news photos, the latest stock-market prices, etc., for distribution, usually by teletypewriter, to its subscribers, especially newspapers: so called from the original transmission of news by telegraph wire.

wire service

noun

1. an agency supplying news, etc, to newspapers, radio and television stations, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of wire service¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Related Words

• news agency 
• news service 
• press agency