From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnews releaseˈnews reˌlease noun [countable] TCNNEWSan official statement giving information to the newspapers, radio, and television SYN press release The University has issued a news release announcing the results of their experiments.
Examples from the Corpus
news release• Mr Wilson said in a news release.• Hargarten stated in a news release.• More than two hours later another news release was faxed to the media.• A school news release said it was for disciplinary reasons.• This news release is neither an offer to purchase the Notes nor a solicitation of an offer to sell the Notes.• The ultimate pre-packaged news is the video news release. 