24-hour news cycle

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The 24-hour news cycle (or 24/7 news cycle) is the 24-hour investigation and reporting of news or informational content, typically by for-profit media agencies engaged in mass communications, but encompassing both traditional and non-traditional forms of reporting. The proliferation of mass media and the growth of the cable television market in recent decades has increased competition for audience and advertiser attention, prompting agencies to seek to deliver the latest news in the most compelling manner possible in order to remain ahead of competitors. The television, radio, print, online and mobile app news media industries have many suppliers, all of whom seek to maintain relevancy, principally by delivering the news first.Beginning with the invention of the telegraph in the mid 19th-century, societal expectations for news availability expanded rapidly. The acceptable length of time after which reporting was expected to be made available on a newsworthy event contracted considerably...

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