syndication

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Thân thiện

The cartoonist earns income from the syndication of his comic strip.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of selling content for simultaneous publication: The process of selling an article, cartoon, feature, or other content to multiple newspapers, magazines, websites, or broadcasters for publication or broadcast at the same time.
   • The act of organizing into a syndicate: The process of forming or administering a group of individuals or companies combined to promote a common interest or carry out a specific business project.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The writer earned significant revenue from the syndication of his weekly column to over 200 local papers.
  • The syndication of the popular comic strip made it a national sensation.
  • Their primary business is the syndication of television shows to international networks.
  • The syndication of the banks was necessary to manage the large-scale infrastructure loan.

Advanced Usage

• "in syndication": Describes media content (like a TV show) that is being distributed to multiple stations or platforms after its original run.
  • After its fifth season, the show went into syndication and is now aired on cable channels daily.
• Loan syndication: A specific financial context where multiple lenders join together to provide funds for a single borrower.
  • The corporation secured financing through a loan syndication involving twelve major banks.

Variants and Related Words

• Syndicate (noun/verb): The group itself (noun) or the act of forming such a group or selling content (verb).
  • A syndicate of investors purchased the property. (noun)
  • They plan to syndicate the new game show to regional networks. (verb)
• Syndicated (adjective): Describes content distributed via syndication.
  • She writes a syndicated advice column.

Synonyms

• Distribution (in the context of media content).
• Consortium formation (in the context of business organization).
• Networking (in a broad organizational sense).

Related Phrases

• Content syndication: A common digital marketing term for re-publishing the same content on different websites.
  • Bloggers use content syndication to reach a wider audience.
• Syndication deal/agreement: The contract governing the terms of syndication.
  • The studio signed a lucrative syndication deal for its classic sitcoms.

Học thuật

Noun

1. selling (an article or cartoon) for publication in many magazines or newspapers at the same time
   • he received a comfortable income from the syndication of his work
2. organizing into or administering as a syndicate