A news service, often referred to as a news agency or wire service, is an essential organization that functions as the backbone of global journalism by systematically gathering, verifying, and distributing factual news, photographs, and video content to various subscribing media outlets, including newspapers, broadcasters, and online platforms. These services maintain vast international networks of journalists and bureaus, allowing their clients to access comprehensive national and world coverage efficiently, which would otherwise be prohibitively expensive to produce individually; their core purpose is to provide a single, timely, and neutral feed of information that their clients can then adapt for their respective audiences.