The term press comes from the printing press of Johannes Gutenberg in the sixteenth century and which, from the eighteenth century, was used to print newspapers, then the only existing journalistic vehicles.

The news media is the industry that includes newspapers, TV journalism, and every other form that communicates current events and analysis to people. The local newspaper is part of the news media, and so is the evening report your parents watch on TV or the public radio program they start the day with.

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), publicly financed broadcasting system in Great Britain, operating under royal charter.