What are news?

News

News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third-party or mass audience.

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Famous quotes containing the word news:

    “Though news be sad, yet tell them merrily;
    If good, thou shamest the music of sweet news
    By playing it to me with so sour a face.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Good news about someone never gets past the door, but bad news will travel a thousand leagues away.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “The nature of bad news infects the teller.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)