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syndicate

syndicate

9 6.1
An agency that supplies articles and photos to many newspapers
  • noun
  • /ˈsɪndɪˌkeɪt/
  • Literature
translation icon : agencia de noticias
  • Luckovich's cartoons are distributed nationally by Creators Syndicate and appear in more than 350 daily publications.

Examples

  • And it so happens, the Hearst Syndicate is looking to pick up a Hollywood column.

  • Nancy's adventures proved to be wildly successful even by the high standards of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, however.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Our syndicate would be very interested in buying any photographs you have.

  • In addition to being a published poet, Robert is also Executive Editor at United Feature Syndicate.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The men from the news syndicates are still waiting.

  • The large news syndicate provided articles to hundreds of newspapers worldwide.

  • Many photographers work with a syndicate to distribute their images to various media outlets.

  • The newly formed syndicate aims to share exclusive content across multiple news platforms.

Synonyms

aggregator
vssyndicate
  • Texting
8 6.7

A person or organization that collects information from many sources and shares it

provides articles to multiple media for simultaneous publication

Compounds

An organized group of criminals who work together to do illegal things

Surface Forms

syndicate singular
syndicates plural

Etymology

Syndicate comes from old words with syn- meaning 'together', the same syn- you see in synonym. A news syndicate is a group that shares the same articles with many newspapers and stations, so today it means a service that supplies stories to many places.