news media

forms of mass media that focus on delivering news, current events, analysis, and journalistic reports to the general public
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news media

Summary

news media is a type of mass media[1]. It draws 710 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_mass_media category, ranking #6 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • news media's instance of is recorded as type of mass media[3].
  • news media is a type of mass media[4].
  • news media is a type of organization[5].
  • news media is a type of media industry[6].
  • news media is part of media & entertainment industry[7].
  • news media's Commons category is recorded as News media[8].
  • news media comprises newspaper industry[9].
  • news media's topic's main category is recorded as Category:News media[10].
  • news media's product or material produced is recorded as news[11].
  • news media's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[12].
  • news media's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • news media's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[14].
  • news media's different from is recorded as new media[15].
  • news media's different from is recorded as mass media[16].
  • news media's different from is recorded as press[17].
  • news media's exact match is recorded as https://schema.org/NewsMediaOrganization[18].

Body

Definition and Type

news media's instance of is recorded as type of mass media[3]. Recorded subclass of include mass media[4], organization[5], and media industry[6].

Use and Application

news media comprises newspaper industry[9]. It is part of media & entertainment industry[7].

Why It Matters

news media draws 710 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_mass_media category, ranking #6 of 13).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1h ago · PinTweaks · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 24
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'bn', 'ckb', 'da', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'hi', 'id', 'ja', 'ko', 'pt',
    Wikidata description → forms of mass media that focus on delivering news, current events, analysis, and
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 12w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eurovoc id → 2599
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  3. 15w ago · Tholzheim · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Factgrid item id → Q1790059
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  4. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Has part(s) → newspaper industry
    Part of → media & entertainment industry
    Instance of → type of mass media
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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