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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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 Larry has covered baseball and other sports for every sports wire service along with other outlets over the past two decades. —

Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024 Herald wire services contributed to this reporting. —

Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for wire service