of news, budget of information; intelligence, tidings.
word, advice, aviso [Sp.], message; dispatch, despatch; telegram,
cable, marconigram†, wire, communication, errand, embassy.
report, rumor, hearsay, on dit [Fr.], flying rumor, news stirring,
cry, buzz, bruit, fame; talk, oui dire [Fr.], scandal, eavesdropping;
town tattle, table talk; tittle tattle; canard, topic of the day, idea
afloat.
bulletin, fresh news, stirring news; glad tidings; flash, news
just in; on-the-spot coverage; live coverage.
old story, old news, stale news, stale story; chestnut [Slang].
narrator &c (describe) 594; newsmonger, scandalmonger; talebearer,
telltale, gossip, tattler.
[study of news reporting] journalism.
[methods of conveying news] media, news media, the press, the
information industry; newspaper, magazine, tract, journal, gazette,
publication &c 531; radio, television, ticker (electronic information
transmission).
[organizations producing news reports] [methods of conveying news]
United Press International, UPI; Associated Press, AP; The Dow Jones
News Service, DJ; The New York Times News Service, NYT; Reuters
[Brit.]; TASS [Rus.]; The Nikkei [Jap.].
[person reporting news as a profession] newscaster, newsman,
newswoman, reporter, journalist, correspondent, foreign correspondent,
special correspondent, war correspondent, news team, news department;
anchorman, anchorwoman†; sportscaster; weatherman.
[officials providing news for an organization] press secretary,
public relations department, public relations man.
V. transpire &c (be disclosed) 529; rumor &c (publish) 531.
Adj. many-tongued; rumored; publicly rumored, currently rumored,
currently reported; rife, current, floating, afloat, going about, in
circulation, in every one's mouth, all over the town.
in progress; live; on the spot; in person.
Adv. as the story goes, as the story runs; as they say, it is said; by
telegraph, by wireless.
Phr. airy tongues that syllable men's names [Milton]; what's up?;
what's the latest?; what's new?; what's the latest poop?.