Wire Service (Noun)
Meaning
An agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The wire service transmitted the breaking news story to all major newspapers within minutes of its occurrence.
- She worked as a journalist for a wire service, writing articles on current events for distribution to newspapers nationwide.
- The company's press release was picked up by a major wire service and was published in hundreds of newspapers the next day.
- As a news editor, he relied heavily on the wire service to provide his newspaper with up-to-date information on national and international events.
- The wire service's ability to rapidly disseminate news allowed people around the world to stay informed about current events in real-time.