Underground Press Syndicate Quick reference
A Dictionary of Journalism
...Underground Press Syndicate ( UPS ) A loose grouping of alternative newspapers and magazines that identified themselves as being part of the underground press between 1966 and the mid-1970s. Based in the USA and initiated by Allan Katzman of the East Village Other in New York, the UPS linked the underground press on an international basis. Although it held occasional gatherings, its main function was to allow member publications to reprint each other’s material (including cartoons and graphics by Robert Crumb and others) without either payment or...
syndication Quick reference
A Dictionary of Journalism
...syndication The supply of copy or other material to more than one outlet by a news agency , or the sharing of material between different titles owned by one...
content syndication Quick reference
A Dictionary of Social Media
...content syndication ( web syndication ) Making website content available through a feed or on another site. Commercial content syndication involves ad-supported content . See also blog feed ; headline syndication ; syndicated news...
content syndication Quick reference
A Dictionary of Media and Communication (3 ed.)
...syndication ( web syndication ) Making website content available through a feed or on another site. Commercial content syndication involves ad-supported content. ...
syndicated news Quick reference
A Dictionary of Social Media
...syndicated news Published updates from a blog or breaking news stories from a website, automatically sent in a newsfeed to subscribers. See also content syndication ; feed reader ; gatewatching ; headline syndication ; RSS...
paid syndication Quick reference
A Dictionary of Social Media
...paid syndication ( paid content syndication ) The practice of making selected articles, infographics, or videos (such as from a blog) available for republishing on major websites for a fee, typically via a syndication site. For instance, companies may seek to gain visibility by syndicating content that relates to the services they provide. See also content marketing ; content syndication ; native advertising ; online presence ; sponsored content...
headline syndication Quick reference
A Dictionary of Social Media
...syndication Promoting frequently updated online content by making links to each item publicly available in the form of brief text descriptions of its subject matter. These links are published as a reverse-chronological list (a channel). Each channel is distributed simultaneously to multiple online locations, and end-users select channels using aggregators . The method is used by content publishers, news outlets, online sellers, and bloggers to drive traffic or increase brand awareness. See also content syndication ; feed ; RSS ; syndicated news...
RSS Quick reference
A Dictionary of Social Media
...RSS ( Rich Site Summary, Really Simple Syndication ) A standardized datafile format developed to enable automated data syndication for publishers and aggregated updates (RSS feeds ) for subscribers. See also aggregator ; Atom ; feed reader ; RSS-enabled site ; XML...
RSS Quick reference
A Dictionary of Media and Communication (3 ed.)
... ( Really Simple Syndication , RSS channel , RSS feed ) An automated subscription service which emails text-based updates from a website to registered users . Compare newsfeed . ...
video podcast Quick reference
A Dictionary of Social Media
...video podcast ( vodcast ) A streaming or downloadable video-on-demand file delivered by syndication to subscribers and viewable on a media player. See also podcast...
news aggregator Quick reference
A Dictionary of Media and Communication (3 ed.)
...aggregator Any system bringing together syndicated journalism in one online location: for example, Google News. Frequently synonymous with feed reader. See also aggregation ; collaborative journalism ; compare churnalism . ...
news aggregator Quick reference
A Dictionary of Social Media
...news aggregator Any system bringing together syndicated journalism in one online location: for example, Google News. Frequently synonymous with feed reader . See also aggregator ; collaborative journalism...
ad-supported content Quick reference
A Dictionary of Social Media
...ad-supported content A form of commercial web content syndication in which revenues derived from advertising on such content are shared with its creator. See also sponsored content...
rip and read Quick reference
A Dictionary of Journalism
...rip and read Copy for radio news bulletins syndicated from a central source, or supplied by a news agency or wire service , that can simply be read aloud without any additional editorial input. See also script...
RSS Quick reference
A Dictionary of Journalism
...RSS ( Really Simple Syndication ) An online system whereby people can click to be alerted on updates to websites, for example by signing up to receive a daily email containing the latest headlines from a newspaper’s website, together with links to the stories...
feed reader Quick reference
A Dictionary of Media and Communication (3 ed.)
...reader ( feed aggregator , news reader , newsreader , RSS reader , RSS aggregator ) An aggregation tool enabling subscribers to review regular updates of syndicated content from blogs and other RSS -enabled sites without visiting the source websites. See also feed ; news aggregator ; newsfeed . ...
blog feed Quick reference
A Dictionary of Social Media
...blog feed ( site feed ) A summary of updates to a blog in a form which can be scanned by feed readers or aggregators and relayed automatically to subscribers. See also content syndication ; feed...
blog aggregator Quick reference
A Dictionary of Social Media
...blog aggregator See also aggregator . 1. An online service that syndicates various blog sources into a single feed in one location. See also feed reader . 2. An online service enabling the synthesis of relevant third-party content in a blog on a particular...
feed reader Quick reference
A Dictionary of Social Media
...feed reader ( feed aggregator , news reader , newsreader , RSS reader , RSS aggregator ) An aggregator tool enabling subscribers to review regular updates of syndicated content from blogs and other RSS-enabled sites without visiting the source websites. See also feed ; news aggregator ; RSS...
gatewatching Quick reference
A Dictionary of Social Media
...gatewatching The practice of discovering, publicizing, and commenting on existing online news content. See also citizen journalism ; content curation ; content discovery ; participatory culture ; participatory journalism ; produser ; syndicated news ; user-generated content . Compare gatekeeping...
