What is "news"

News \News\ (n[=u]z), n [From New; cf. F. nounelles. News is plural in form, but is commonly used with a singular verb.]

1. A report of recent occurrences; information of something that has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tidings; recent intelligence.

   Evil news rides post, while good news baits.
   --Milton.

2. Something strange or newly happened.

   It is no news for the weak and poor to be a prey to the strong and rich.
   --L'Estrange.

3. A bearer of news; a courier; a newspaper. [Obs.]

   There cometh a news thither with his horse.
   --Pepys.

late 14c., "new things," plural of new (n.) "new thing," from new (adj.); after French nouvelles, used in Bible translations to render Medieval Latin nova (neuter plural) "news," literally "new things." Sometimes still regarded as plural, 17c.-19c. Meaning "tidings" is early 15c. Meaning "radio or television program presenting current events" is from 1923. Bad news "unpleasant person or situation" is from 1926. Expression no news, good news can be traced to 1640s. Expression news to me is from 1889. \n

\nThe News in the Virginia city Newport News is said to derive from the name of one of its founders, William Newce.

"to tell as news," 1640s, from news (n.). Related: Newsed; newsing.

n. 1 New information of interest. 2 report of current events broadcast via media such as newspapers or television. 3 (context computing internet English) posts published on newsgroups

1. n. new information about specific and timely events; "they awaited news of the outcome" [syn: intelligence, tidings, word]

2. new information of any kind; "it was news to me"

3. a program devoted to news; "we watch the 7 o'clock news every night" [syn: news program, news show]

4. information reported in a newspaper or news magazine; "the news of my death was greatly exaggerated"

5. the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins; "the judge conceded the newsworthiness of the trial"; "he is no longer news in the fashion world" [syn: newsworthiness]

News is packaged information about current events happening somewhere else. News moves through many different media, based on word of mouth, printing, postal systems, broadcasting, and electronic communication.

Common topics for news reports include war, politics, and business, as well as athletic events, quirky or unusual events, and the doings of celebrities. Government proclamations, concerning royal ceremonies, laws, taxes, public health, and criminals, have been dubbed news since ancient times.

Humans exhibit a nearly universal desire to learn and share news from elsewhere, which they satisfy by traveling, talking to each other and sharing. Technological and social developments, often driven by government communication and espionage networks, have increased the speed with which news can spread, as well as influenced its content. The genre of news as we know it today is closely associated with the newspaper, which originated in China as a court bulletin and spread, with paper and printing press, to Europe.

, is a four-member Japanese boy band consisting of Keiichiro Koyama, Takahisa Masuda, Shigeaki Kato and Yuya Tegoshi. The group's name is an acronym based on the cardinal directions (North, East, West, South) and the members locations. Formed in 2003 by Johnny Kitagawa as a nine-member group under the label Johnny's Entertainment, NEWS released a promotional single , which was used for the World Cup of Volleyball Championships. In 2004, Takahiro Moriuchi left the group and the remaining eight members released their debut single, , which debuted atop the Oricon charts.

In 2006, the group released their fifth consecutive number-one single, , as a six-member group due to the controversy surrounding then-members Hiroki Uchi and Hironori Kusano. After a brief hiatus, they released their seventh number-one single, . In 2008, they performed at the Tokyo Dome for the first time, and released their tenth single, " Happy Birthday," which made NEWS the second Japanese group after label-mates KinKi Kids to have ten consecutive number-one singles since their debut. NEWS became a quartet following the departures of Ryo Nishikido and Tomohisa Yamashita from the group in 2011.

News is new information relating to current events.

News may also refer to:

News was a Swiss German-language free daily newspaper, published by NP News Print AG between 2007 and 2009.

Published in tabloid format, it had regional editions for Zurich, Bern, and Basel as well the middle land of the Swiss plateau.

NEWS is an Austrian weekly news magazine published in German and based in Vienna, Austria. The weekly is the major news magazine in the country.

News is a 2005 Indian Kannada drama film directed and written by M. K. Maheshwar. The film stars Upendra along with Reemma Sen and Renuka Menon in the lead roles. The film was produced by Sri Vidya Pictures.

The film released on 4 August 2005 to generally positive reviews from critics. However, the film failed commercially at the box-office. The critics commented that the film has hugely inspired from two Malayalam movies starring Mammootty : Iyer the Great and New Delhi.

Verlagsgruppe News Gesellschaft m.b.H. (News Publishing Group) is an Austrian publishing company that publishes fifteen magazines, including profil and NEWS, two weekly news magazines, and News online.

News has over 500 employees and approximately 60% of the magazine advertising market in Austria.

Prior to their merger in 2001, leadership in the Austrian magazine market was contested between News and the Kurier group, which at that time published profil. The merger was unsuccessful challenged by seven Austrian newspapers. News is controlled by Gruner + Jahr, a printing and publishing company with headquarters in Hamburg, who own 56 percent of the stock.

News is a quarterly publication of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), part of the U.S. Library of Congress, and is associated with libraries serving blind and physically handicapped readers, and their cooperating agencies. This serial publication includes articles of interest to librarians and others, and covers a broad range of topics including libraries and technology. The primary focus of the articles is on accessibility to blind and physically handicapped readers.

As early as 1958, issues of the Division for the Blind Newsletter were published by what was then called the Library of Congress Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Around 1967, the name became DBPH News. The DBPH News became a regular bimonthly publication at the end of the 1960s and gained formal volume numbers with the January/February 1970 issue, , , . Publication subtitled "National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped" started with the May/June 1978 issue, volume 9, number 3, as , for the paper edition. It became quarterly starting with the January–March 1982 issue.

Issues from 1995 (volume 26) on are available online at the official website or as http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS3139

News also referred to as Al Jazeera America News or Al Jazeera America Newshour is a news program that aired on Al Jazeera America. The program aired several times a day on Al Jazeera America and was supplemented with Newshour from Al Jazeera English. The two programs often shared international correspondents. The program, featured national news, international news, weather, technology and sports reports, was known to carry more international news per broadcast than any other domestic news program.

It aired largely in one-hour blocks at 7 pm Eastern/4 pm Pacific, 8 pm Eastern/5 pm Pacific and 10 pm Eastern/7 pm Pacific. 30 minute blocks aired at 11 pm Eastern/8 pm Pacific and around the clock at various times. There was also a morning show from 8am until 12 noon Eastern time. All news broadcasts were live, something largely uncommon among most U.S. 24-hour cable news outlets.

It was modeled after Newshour on Al Jazeera English, however unlike its sister channel, all of Al Jazeera America's news broadcasts originated from New York.

News is a mobile app and news aggregator bundled with Apple's iOS 9. Users can read news articles with it, based on publishers, websites and topics they select, such as The New York Times, technology or politics. The app was announced at Apple's WWDC 2015. It was released alongside iOS 9 on September 16, 2015, for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. At launch, the application was only available to users in the United States, but the app has since become available to users in Australia and the United Kingdom as well with the release of iOS 9.1 on October 21, 2015. During the keynote address at WWDC 2016, it was revealed that with the forthcoming iOS 10 update the News app will undergo new icon and app redesigns along with an improved For You section organized by topics. Further, there will be support for subscriptions for certain news sources and publishers as well as an opt-in system for breaking news notifications and email on top news stories.

The app works by pulling in news stories from the web through syndication feeds ( Atom and RSS) or from news publishing partners through the JSON descriptive Apple News Format. Any news publisher can submit their content for inclusion in Apple News, any a user can add any feed through the Safari web browser. Stories will be displayed in the app as-in a web browser.

News is fetched from publisher’s websites through the AppleNewsBot. The bot fetches feeds, as well as web pages and images for the Apple News service. It has received criticism for being poorly behaved and not being fault tolerant; resulting in high loads on websites.

The Apple News version distributed with iOS 9 made it hard to differentiate traffic originating from within the app from traffic originating from other apps. Apple News version 2, introduced in iOS 10, began identifying itself using its own User-Agent string, making it possible to measure the reach of Apple News using web analytics solutions. Traffic analytics was previously only available to paying publisher partners through iAds.

NEWS is the fifth studio album by NEWS, a Japanese pop boy band. The album was released on July 17, 2013. The album consists of seventeen tracks, four of which are solo songs. Below are the list of tracks:

1. Compass
2. World Quest
3. 4+ Fan
4. Nagisa No Onee Summer
5. Pokopon Pekorya
6. Koi Matsuri
7. Greedier
8. Kuroshii Bolero
9. Chankapana
10. Dance in the Dark
11. Higher Ground
12. Full Swing
13. Cry
14. Dreamcatcher ( Kato Shigeaki's Solo)
15. Remedy ( Masuda Takahisa's Solo)
16. Lovin' U ( Tegoshi Yuya 's Solo)
17. Beautiful Rain ( Koyama Keiichiro's Solo)