Syndication refers to the sale or distribution of television programs that are offered to multiple markets for non-network exhibition. As a practice, syndication stands opposed to network broadcasting where content and schedule are determined...

Syndication may mean: Television syndication, where individual stations buy programs outside of the network system Print syndication, where individual newspapers or magazines license news articles, columns, or comic strips Comic strip syndication Web...

Local TV stations broadcast shows from three different categories: local origination, syndication, and network affiliate content. Most people recognize the local origination stuff when they see it. It consists mainly local news, weather, and sports, along local talk shows and the occasional community-oriented special program.However,...

It could be ivory concealed in a container, cans of caviar in a suitcase or baby chimpanzees in a crate. The smuggling of wildlife goods is a low-risk, high-profit enterprise proving increasingly attractive to crime syndicates.Exports of wildlife, including fisheries and timber, are estimated at...

Police say a tipster may have helped them crack a nut-nabbing syndicate. Two people were arrested early Monday after about $400,000 worth of stolen almonds was discovered in a Sacramento warehouse, a stash investigators say may be linked to a...

Witty best-selling author and columnist Molly Ivins, a Texas liberal who died after a long battle with breast cancer, left legions of admirers, even among the politicians she regularly skewered.President Bush, referred to as "Shrub" in Ivins' writings, said in a statement issued after her...