syndicate

An association of people or firms formed to promote a common interest or carry out a business enterprise.

A loose affiliation of gangsters in control of organized criminal activities.

An agency that sells articles, features, or photographs for publication in a number of newspapers or periodicals simultaneously.

A company consisting of a number of separate newspapers; a newspaper chain.

The office, position, or jurisdiction of a syndic or body of syndics.

To organize into or manage as a syndicate.

To sell (a horse) to a syndicate.

To sell (a comic strip or column, for example) through a syndicate for simultaneous publication in newspapers or periodicals.

To sell (a television series, for example) directly to independent stations.