News is pre-packaged data regarding current events happening somewhere else; or, as an alternative, news is that which the news business sells. News moves through many alternative media, supported word of mouth, printing, communication systems, broadcasting, and electronic communication.

Common topics for news reports embrace war, politics, and business, also as athletic contests, unconventional or uncommon events, and also the activity of celebrities. Government proclamations, regarding royal ceremonies, laws, taxes, public health, and criminals, are dubbed news since past.