Definition of news agency
: an organization that supplies news to subscribing newspapers, periodicals, and newscasters
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Peskov’s comments were reported by the Interfax news agency.
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The Florida Society of News Editors is made up of about three dozen news agencies, including the Miami Herald and the Tampa Bay Times.
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Syria's state news agency SANA said the overnight airstrike resulted in a number of casualties but provided no specific figures.
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Dogan outlets, including two of the country’s four biggest newspapers, Hurriyet and Posta; a leading television channel, CNN Turk; and a news agency, among many others, have been squirming under government pressure for years.
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Arshba said, according to the Interfax news agency.
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According to the Iranian Fars news agency, which this week highlighted the gravity of the situation, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Brig.
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Dobson's father, Peter Dobson, told Britain's Press Association news agency that the three were staying in Las Vegas for a long weekend.
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Navalny’s Moscow coordinator, Nikolai Lyaskin, also was detained Sunday, the Interfax news agency quoted him as saying.
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First Known Use of news agency
1873
NEWS AGENCY Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of news agency for English Language Learners
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: an organization that collects and gives news to newspapers, magazines, television news programs, and radio stations
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