wire service

noun

: a news agency that sends out syndicated news copy to subscribers by wire or by satellite transmission

Examples of wire service in a Sentence

The story was reported by several wire services.

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Across 500 news outlets from the five largest chain owners studied by Medill, one-third had homepage content that originates from an outside source, such as a wire service, instead of the newsroom itself. —

Sara Fischer, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024 Larry has covered baseball and other sports for every sports wire service along with other outlets over the past two decades. —

Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024 Meanwhile, wire service Reuters, which has been free to readers since 1995, is instituting a $1 per week charge that will roll out in the U. S. and Europe in the coming weeks and months, reports The Wall Street Journal. —

Chris Morris, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024 With News wire services Originally Published: July 27, 2024 at 3:18 p.m. —

C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for wire service