bulletin

/ˈbʌlɪtɪn/

/ˈbʊlɪtɪn/

Other forms: bulletins; bulletined

A brief news report or statement that's written or spoken is a bulletin. A TV reporter might read a bulletin announcing the winner of a presidential election, for example.

You're most likely to hear a bulletin on the radio or television, usually in the form of a news update. A bulletin can also be a written or emailed report or newsletter that gives you brief information. A bulletin board is a message board that has such bulletins pinned to it. The root of bulletin is the Italian bulletta, "document" or "voting slip."

Definitions of bulletin

1. noun

   a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast)
   types:

   flash, news bulletin, newsbreak, newsflash

   a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story

   information bulletin

   a bulletin containing the latest information

   type of:

   account, news report, report, story, write up

   a short account of the news
2. verb

   make public by bulletin
   type of:

   air, bare, publicise, publicize

   make public