Editing Print syndication (section)

{{Short description|Sale of news items to other news outlets}}
[[File:New York Times newspaper syndicate. 8d22734v (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Office of ''The New York Times''{{'}} news syndicate, {{Circa|1942}}]]

'''Print syndication''' distributes [[news article]]s, [[column (periodical)|columns]], [[Editorial cartoon|political cartoons]], [[comic strip]]s and other features to [[newspapers]], [[magazines]] and [[websites]]. The syndicates offer reprint rights and grant permissions to other parties for republishing content of which they own and/or represent copyrights. Other terms for the service include a '''newspaper syndicate''', a '''press syndicate''', and a '''feature syndicate'''.

The syndicate is an agency that offers features from notable journalists and authorities as well as reliable and established cartoonists. It fills a need among smaller weekly and daily newspapers for material that helps them compete with large urban papers, at a much lesser cost than if the client were to purchase the material themselves. Generally, syndicates sell their material to one client in each territory. [[News agency|News agencies]] differ in that they distribute news articles to all interested parties.

Typical syndicated features are [[advice columns]] (parenting, health, finance, gardening, cooking, etc.), [[Causerie|humor columns]], [[editorial]] opinion, [[critic]]'s reviews, and [[gossip columns]]. Some syndicates specialize in one type of feature, such as comic strips.