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Media outlet

Meaning in journalism & media, with examples

nounCore term

In journalism & media, media outlet means: Any organisation or channel that publishes or broadcasts news and information, such as a newspaper, TV channel, radio station, magazine or news website.

In Turkish: medya kuruluşu, yayın organı, haber kuruluşu

How it is used

A neutral umbrella term used by journalists, researchers and press officers. Often shortened to outlet: national outlets, local outlets, independent outlets. Press releases are sent to media outlets; stories are picked up by several outlets.

Example sentences

  1. The study was covered by more than forty media outlets in one day.

  2. Smaller media outlets often cannot afford to send a reporter abroad.

Common collocations

  • major media outlets
  • local media outlet
  • independent outlet
  • news outlet
  • online outlet
  • the pressNewspapers, magazines and news media as a group, and the journalists who work for them; originally the printing press used to produce newspapers.
  • news agencyAn organisation that collects news, photos and video and sells or supplies them to newspapers, broadcasters and websites, which then publish them.
  • tabloidA newspaper with small pages, short stories and big pictures, often focused on celebrities, crime and scandal; also a style of sensational journalism.
  • broadsheetA newspaper printed on large pages, traditionally associated with serious news, analysis and a more formal style than tabloids.

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