wire service
noun
: a news agency that sends out syndicated news copy to subscribers by wire or by satellite transmission
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The story was reported by several wire services.
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Larry has covered baseball and other sports for every sports wire service along with other outlets over the past two decades.
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Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
As of Sunday morning, Cal Fire estimated that the Palisades, Eaton, Kenneth and Hurst fires burned across 62 square miles, and about 150,000 people in Los Angeles County remain under evacuation orders, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna.
Herald wire service contributed.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2025
Getty, which provides wire service photography and video to news outlets and businesses globally, including most red carpets and film festival premieres, plans a merger with rival Shutterstock that touts a stock image library of 450 million photos.
—Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
Flashback: Gannett and McClatchy, another large local newspaper chain, both ended their content licensing partnerships with their traditional wire service partner, The Associated Press, last year.
—Sara Fischer, Axios, 2 Jan. 2025
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Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
As of Sunday morning, Cal Fire estimated that the Palisades, Eaton, Kenneth and Hurst fires burned across 62 square miles, and about 150,000 people in Los Angeles County remain under evacuation orders, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna.
Herald wire service contributed.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2025
Getty, which provides wire service photography and video to news outlets and businesses globally, including most red carpets and film festival premieres, plans a merger with rival Shutterstock that touts a stock image library of 450 million photos.
—Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
Flashback: Gannett and McClatchy, another large local newspaper chain, both ended their content licensing partnerships with their traditional wire service partner, The Associated Press, last year.
—Sara Fischer, Axios, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Wire service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wire%20service. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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