From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnews agencyˈnews ˌagency noun [countable] TCNAMTan organization that collects news stories and supplies them to newspapers, radio, and television
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news agency• The Interfax news agency reported that Pope rejected Putin's offer, saying he preferred to wait for his own doctors.• She claims proudly that one news agency had more requests for that photograph than any other that year.• According to reports by the Soviet news agency Tass, fighting in Kabul itself abated on March 7.• According to the ITAR-TASS news agency the referendum call was voted down because of alleged breaches in the law during the collection of signatures. 