Web Evaluation & News Sources: Syndicated Content

Syndication is the reuse and integration of materials, usually through a paid subscription.

Syndicated content can include news articles, press releases, cartoons, crossword puzzles, economic data etc. Syndicated content may display for a limited time on a news site.

Newswire services produce and distribute up-to-date news coverage, syndicated content, from around the world to subscribing media organizations. 

• Commonly known newswires are Associated Press (AP), Reuters (Thomson Reuters), and Bloomberg.  Newswires can be industry specific such as Businesswire. 
• "Wire copy" is regularly published in newspapers which subscribe to this service.  This is why you may find the same news report in more than one newspaper publication.
• Journalists may also use newswires to monitor trends, generate story ideas, or check facts.

Want to Find Newswires?

• Newsbank: Access World News -- Enter the database.  Look for Access Newswires.
• Nexi Uni -- Start with a search. Look for Publication Types > select Newswires.

Sources:

• Newswire (Your Dictionary), a definition of newswire along with information on how they work and the benefits
• High wires (The Economist, Feb 2009), information on the workings of newswires
• News Agency (aka newswire) (Wikipedia), article defining and identifying newswires
• How Journalists Use Newswires (VITIS Public Relations), identify the value of newswire services to journalists
• Syndication (Search Microservices), defines syndication
• Syndication (BusinessDictionary), defines syndication
• What does it mean when a news story is added to the AP Newswire? (Quora), answer by Dan Robrish

Reuters Examples

Note: Sometimes syndicated content "rolls off" a website and is no longer available.

• "Spotify Generates Third Quarter Revenue of $1.2 Billion: The Information", by Reuters but available at NYT
• "20 Countries Agree to End Coal Use by 2030", by Reuters but available in The Christian Science Monitor

Associated Press Examples (same article, same journalist at AP slightly different titles)

• "SpaceX's big new rocket blasts off with sports car on top", by Associated Press but available in the Boston Globe.
• "SpaceX's big new rocket blasts off, puts sports car in space", by Associated Press but available in the Chicago Tribune