Definition of wire service in US English:
 wire service
nounˈwī(ə)r ˌsərvəsˈwaɪ(ə)r ˌsərvəs
North American A news agency that supplies syndicated news by wire to newspapers, radio, and television stations.
 the station buys canned reviews from a wire service
mass noun the paper probably didn't even have wire service
 Example sentencesExamples
-  Forty-one is the mean age for newspaper and wire service reporters, forty-eight for those in television journalism.
 -  He's both a religious leader and a media mogul, owning both the Washington Times newspaper and the wire service United Press International.
 -  Here's the thing: as a wire service reporter, I am often called upon to dredge up a contact with whom I haven't spoken in a long time.
 -  Sitting on the grass after one of the press conferences, a reporter from the Reuters wire service hurriedly started to organize his dispatch for the day.
 -  Every wire service and news channel is reporting a different story.