newswire

[ nooz-wahyuhr, nyooz- ]

noun

1. a service transmitted especially by teletypewriter and providing late-breaking news news stories, stock-market results, or other up-to-the-minute information:

   We took the story off the newswires.

2. a teletypewriter or other machine by which such information is transmitted or received.

Word History and Origins

Origin of newswire¹

news + wire

Example Sentences

This is exactly what Newswire was built on – distributing well-written press releases to authoritative media outlets.

From Search Engine Land

A search on Lexis Nexis, which collates media mentions, reveals 5,493 uses of the term in newspapers, newswires, press releases, and blogs since it first came into being.

From Quartz

A person claiming to be a TRN employee published a release on PR Newswire under the pseudonym ‘Mary Donovan’.

From The Daily Beast

Related Words

• news agency
• news service
• press agency