old story, old news, stale news, stale story; chestnut*.
     narrator &c (describe) 594; newsmonger, scandalmonger; talebearer,
telltale, gossip, tattler.
     [study of news reporting] journalism.
     [methods of conveying news] media, news media, the press, the
information industry; newspaper, magazine, tract, journal, gazette, publication &c. 531; radio, television, ticker (electronic information transmission).
     [organizations producing news reports] United Press International,
UPI; Associated Press, AP; The Dow Jones News Service, DJ; The New York Times News Service, NYT[abbr]; Reuters [England]; TASS [Soviet Union]; The Nikkei [Japan].
     [person reporting news as a profession] newscaster, newsman,
newswoman, reporter, journalist, correspondent, foreign correspondent, special correspondent, war correspondent, news team, news department; anchorman, anchorwoman[obs3]; sportscaster; weatherman.
     [officials providing news for an organization] press secretary, public
relations department, public relations man. 
     V. transpire &c (be disclosed) 529; rumor &c (publish) 531. 
     Adj. many-tongued; rumored; publicly rumored, currently rumored,
currently reported; rife, current, floating, afloat, going about, in circulation, in every one’s mouth, all over the town.
     in progress; live; on the spot; in person. 
     Adv. as the story goes, as the story runs; as they say, it is said; by
telegraph, by wireless. 
     Phr. “airy tongues that syllable men’s names” [Milton]; what’s up?;
what’s the latest?; what’s new?; what’s the latest poop?.

     #533.  Secret.—­ N. secret; dead secret, profound secret;
arcanum[obs3], mystery; latency &c 526; Asian mystery[obs3]; sealed book, secrets of the prison house; le desous des cartes [Fr].
     enigma, riddle, puzzle, nut to crack, conundrum, charade, rebus,
logogriph[obs3]; monogram, anagram; Sphinx; crux criticorum[Lat].
     maze, labyrinth, Hyrcynian wood; intricacy, meander.
     problem &c (question) 461; paradox &c (difficulty) 704;
unintelligibility &c. 519; terra incognita &c. (ignorance) 491. 
     Adj. secret &c. (concealed) 528; involved &c, 248; labyrinthine,
labyrinthian[obs3], mazy.
     confidential; top secret.

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     #534.  Messenger.—­ N. messenger, envoy, emissary, legate; nuncio,
internuncio[obs3]; ambassador &c (diplomatist) 758.
     marshal, flag bearer, herald, crier, trumpeter, bellman[obs3],
pursuivant[obs3], parlementaire[Fr], apparitor[obs3].
     courier, runner; dak[obs3], estafette[obs3]; Mercury, Iris,
Ariel[obs3].
     commissionaire[Fr]; errand boy, chore boy; newsboy.
     mail, overnight mail, express mail, next-day delivery; post, post
office; letter bag; delivery service; United Parcel Service, UPS; Federal Express, Fedex.
     telegraph, telephone; cable, wire (electronic information
transmission); carrier pigeon.
     [person reporting news:  see news &c. 532] reporter, gentleman of the
press, representative of the press; penny-a-liner; special correspondent, own correspondent; spy, scout; informer &c. 527.