Bulletin


a brief account or statement, as of news or events, issued for the information of the public.
Journalism.

a brief, prominently featured newspaper account, based upon information received just before the edition went to press.
a similar brief account broadcast over radio or television pending further information.

a pamphlet or monograph summarizing the past achievements, existing conditions, and future plans of a corporation, educational institution, government agency, etc., especially one cataloging the classes taught at a college or university.
an official, special, or scholarly periodical, as of a learned society.
to make known by a bulletin.
Contemporary Examples

Awkward: This Democratic Judicial Candidate’s Husband Is a White Supremacist Gideon Resnick August 10, 2014
Notes on LBJ’s Death From His Closest Aide Tom Johnson January 21, 2013
Goodbye to My Soap Star Life Michael E. Knight September 19, 2011
Is Christopher Dorner Dead? Christine Pelisek February 12, 2013
The Kiss That Sent Iran Crazy and an Actress to Be Flogged in Public IranWire May 22, 2014

Historical Examples

Manual of American Grape-Growing U. P. Hedrick
The Harbor Ernest Poole
Manual of American Grape-Growing U. P. Hedrick
Lord Kilgobbin Charles Lever
Port O’ Gold Louis John Stellman

noun
an official statement on a matter of public interest, such as the illness of a public figure
a broadcast summary of the news
a periodical publication of an association, etc
verb
(transitive) to make known by bulletin
n.

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