Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

news hole

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English

Syllables: news -hole
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The amount of space in a newspaper or broadcast news show that remains for journalism after advertising has been placed; the amount of content a news provider needs to create in every publishing cycle.

Example Sentences

"We don’t have enough room in the news hole to publish your story tonight."
"The news hole just keeps shrinking. Soon, the paper will be just ads."

Inflected Forms

news holes (plural)

Phrases

column inches ed/ad ratio

Frequently Paired Words

column inches ed/ad ratio

Questions

What does news hole mean?: The amount of space in a newspaper or broadcast news show that remains for journalism after advertising has been placed; the amount of content a news provider needs to create in every publishing cycle.

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