news cycle
news cycle noun: the reporting of a particular media story, or news in general, from the first instance (breaking news) to the last, often including reporting on public and other reactions to the earlier reports, now especially via social media; (originally) the reporting for a particular schedule or deadline in broadcast or print, as in a daily paper.
Noun
news cycle (plural news cycles)
- The reporting of a particular media story, or news in general, from the first instance (breaking news) to the last, often including reporting on public and other reactions to the earlier reports, now especially via social media; (originally) the reporting for a particular schedule or deadline in broadcast or print, as in a daily paper.
- 24-hour news cycle
- to dominate the news cycle
Examples of news cycle in a sentence
- There are some old hands in the public relations business who continue to hold on to the belief (or is it vain hope?) that the media operate around news cycles.2003, Gerald R. Baron, Now is Too Late: Survival in an Era of Instant News, FT Press, →ISBN, page 69:
- The world had followed every turn of the case so closely that the trial would permanently change the news cycle and media patterns.2015 October 2, Julia Zorthian, “How the O.J. Simpson Verdict Changed the Way We All Watch TV”, in Time, archived from the original on 17...
- Will the destruction of recent weeks become a moment of reckoning, or just a blip in the news cycle?2020 September 22, John Branch, Brad Plumer, “Climate Disruption Is Now Locked In”, in New York Times:
- The bellicose rhetoric worked: Suddenly, Trump had changed the news cycle.2025 August 7, Jonathan Lemire, “Things Aren’t Going Donald Trump’s Way”, in The Atlantic:
Forms of news cycle
| plural | news cycles |
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Origin of news cycle
US origin, 1920s.
Words formed from news cycle
Questions about news cycle
- What does news cycle mean?
- News cycle means the reporting of a particular media story, or news in general, from the first instance (breaking news) to the last, often including reporting on public and other reactions to the earlier reports, now especially via social media; (originally) the reporting for a particular schedule or deadline in broadcast or print, as in a daily paper.
- How do you use news cycle in a sentence?
- There are some old hands in the public relations business who continue to hold on to the belief (or is it vain hope?) that the media operate around news cycles.
- What part of speech is news cycle?
- News cycle is a noun.
- What is the plural of news cycle?
- The plural of news cycle is news cycles.
Words near news cycle in the dictionary
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