newsbreak
- n a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story
- There Steve Early, who seemed destined to handle at least one more big newsbreak before he quit, told hastily gathering newsmen to stand by.
- Newspapers hopped gleefully into the controversy when they got another newsbreak: the resignation of one of CBS's most publicized newscasters.
- Chandler's daily compositionhe gets Saturday and Sunday off, barring a major newsbreaktakes him about two hours.