Press may refer to:
Media
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Publisher
Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free of charge. Traditionally, the term publishing refers to the creation and distribu ...
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News media
The news media or news industry are forms of mass media that focus on delivering news to the general public. These include News agency, news agencies, newspapers, news magazines, News broadcasting, news channels etc.
History
Some of the fir ...
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Printing press
A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a printing, print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. It marked a dramatic improvement on earlier printing methods in whi ...
, commonly called "the press"
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Press TV
Press TV (stylised as PRESSTV) is an Iranian state-owned news media organisation, owned by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), that broadcasts in the English and French languages. The 24-hour channel, which has headquarters in Tehra ...
, an Iranian television network
Newspapers
United States
* ''The Press'', a former name of ''
The Press-Enterprise
''The Press-Enterprise'' is a paid daily newspaper published by Digital First Media that serves the Inland Empire in Southern California. Headquartered in downtown Riverside, California, it is the primary newspaper for Riverside County, with h ...
'', Riverside, California
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The Ridgefield Press
''The Ridgefield Press'' is an American weekly newspaper published each Thursday for Ridgefield, Connecticut. The newspaper was established in 1875, and has a paid circulation of about 4,753 copies.
It is currently owned by Hearst Media, whic ...
'', Ridgefield, Connecticut, published weekly
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The Grand Rapids Press
''The Grand Rapids Press'' is a daily newspaper published in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids is the largest city and county seat of Kent County, Michigan, United States. With a population of 198,917 at the 2020 United States census, 20 ...
'', Grand Rapids, Michigan
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The Oakland Press
''The Oakland Press'' is a daily newspaper published in Oakland County, Michigan with headquarters in Troy. It is owned by 21st Century Media, with which its parent company merged in 2013 after filing for bankruptcy. The local historical society ...
'', Oakland County, Michigan
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The Press of Atlantic City
''The Press of Atlantic City'' is the fourth-largest daily newspaper in New Jersey. Originally based in Pleasantville, New Jersey, Pleasantville, it is the primary newspaper for southeastern New Jersey and the Jersey Shore. The Designated marke ...
'', Atlantic City, New Jersey
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Riverdale Press
The ''Riverdale Press'' is a weekly newspaper that covers the Northwest Bronx neighborhoods of Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil, Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge Heights and Van Cortlandt Village, as well as the Manhattan neighborhood of Marble Hill. It ...
'', Bronx, New York City, New York, a weekly publication
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The Dickinson Press
''The Dickinson Press'' is a weekly newspaper printed in Dickinson, North Dakota. ''The Press'', as the paper is colloquially known, is the official newspaper of Stark County, North Dakota, and has a modest circulation in southwest North Dakota. ...
'', Dickinson, North Dakota
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Cleveland Press
The ''Cleveland Press'' was a daily American newspaper published in Cleveland, Ohio from November 2, 1878, through June 17, 1982. From 1928 to 1966, the paper's editor was Louis B. Seltzer.
Known for many years as one of the country's most in ...
'', Cleveland, Ohio, published from 1876 to 1982
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The Philadelphia Press
''The Philadelphia Press'' (or ''The Press'') is a defunct newspaper that was published from August 1, 1857, to October 1, 1920.
The paper was founded by John Weiss Forney. Charles Emory Smith was editor and owned a stake in the paper from 1880 ...
'', Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, published from 1857 to 1920
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The Pittsburgh Press
''The Pittsburgh Press'', formerly ''The Pittsburg Press'' and originally ''The Evening Penny Press'', was a major afternoon daily newspaper published in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for over a century, from 1884 to 1992. At the height of its popul ...
'', a historic newspaper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that ceased publication in 1991
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The Sheboygan Press
''The Sheboygan Press'' is a daily newspaper based in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States. It is one of a number of newspapers in the state of Wisconsin owned by Gannett, including the ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'', '' Green Bay Press-Gazette'' ...
'', Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Elsewhere
* ''The Press'', online student newspaper produced by
SAIT Polytechnic
The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) is a polytechnic institute in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. SAIT offers more than 110 career programs in technology, trades and business. Established in 1916, it is Calgary's second oldest post-s ...
, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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''The Press'' (York), an English regional newspaper
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Guernsey Press
The ''Guernsey Press and Star'', more commonly known as the ''Guernsey Press'', is the only daily newspaper
A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is ofte ...
'', the only daily newspaper in Guernsey
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The Irish Press
''The Irish Press'' (irish language, Irish: ''Scéala Éireann'') was an Ireland, Irish national daily newspaper published by Irish Press plc between 5 September 1931 and 25 May 1995.
History Foundation
The paper's first issue was published o ...
'', an Irish national newspaper from 1931 to 1995
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The Press
''The Press'' () is a daily newspaper published in Christchurch, New Zealand, owned by media business Stuff (company), Stuff Ltd. First published in 1861, the newspaper is the largest circulating daily in the South Island and publishes Monday t ...
'', published in Christchurch, New Zealand
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''Press'' (Belgrade newspaper), published in Serbia between 2005 and 2012
People
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Press (surname)
Press is a surname with two unrelated origins. In England and Wales, it derives from Priest or Price (surname), Price. In Eastern Europe (especially centered around Minsk), it is a Jewish name, likely derived from the name Peretz. It also is a Meto ...
, a family name of English and origin
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Press Cruthers
Charles Preston Cruthers (September 8, 1890 – December 27, 1976) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Philadelphia Athletics. Listed at , 152 lb, Cruthers batted and threw right-handed. He was bo ...
(1890–1976), American Major League Baseball player
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Press Maravich
Peter "Press" Maravich (August 29, 1915 – April 15, 1987) was an American college and professional basketball coach. He received the nickname "Press" as a boy, when one of his jobs was selling the '' Pittsburgh Press'' on the streets of his hom ...
(1915–1987), American basketball player and coach
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Press Taylor
Press Taylor (born January 13, 1988) is an American football coach who serves as the passing game coordinator for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He previously held assistant coaching positions with the Indianapolis Co ...
(born 1988), American football coach
Music
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The Press (band)
The Press are an American Oi! band. Formed in New York City in 1984, the outspoken Anti-fascism, anti-fascist band were early members of Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice. Vocalist André Schlesinger also supported the views of the British Soc ...
, a New York City Oi! band
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''Press'' (album), by MU330
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"Press" (Paul McCartney song)
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"Press" (Cardi B song)
Sports and fitness
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Bench press
The bench press or chest press is a weight training exercise where a person presses a weight upwards while lying horizontally on a weight training bench. The bench press is a Compound movements, compound movement, with the primary muscles involved ...
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Overhead press
The overhead press, also known as the shoulder press, strict press or military press, is an upper-body weight training exercise in which the trainee presses a weight overhead while seated or standing. It is mainly used to develop the anterior de ...
, the act of lifting a weight above the head
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Full-court press
A full-court press is a basketball term for a defensive style in which the defense applies pressure to the offensive team the entire length of the court before and after the inbound pass. Pressure may be applied man-to-man, or via a zone press us ...
, a tactic in basketball
Other uses
*A "press" in
Henry Murray's system of needs
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Machine press
A forming press, commonly shortened to press, is a machine tool that changes the shape of a work-piece by the application of pressure. The operator of a forming press is known as a press-tool setter, often shortened to tool-setter.
Presses ...
, a machine tool that changes the shape of a work-piece by the application of pressure
* "the Press", colloquial name for
pressganging, a 17th- to 19th-century Royal Navy method of forced conscription
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''Press'' (TV series), a 2018 BBC One/PBS TV series
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''Press'' (film), a Turkish film
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Press Holdings
Press Holdings and May Corporation Limited are two Jersey-registered holding companies owned by Frederick Barclay, which control the UK holding company Press Acquisitions Limited, which in turn owns the Telegraph Media Group, parent company of ' ...
, a UK holding company
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PRESS statistic
In statistics, the predicted residual error sum of squares (PRESS) is a form of cross-validation used in regression analysis to provide a summary measure of the fit of a model to a sample of observations that were not themselves used to estimat ...
, a statistic in regression analysis
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Linen-press
Traditionally, a linen-press (or just ''press'') is a cabinet, usually of woods such as oak, walnut, or mahogany, and designed for storing sheets, table- napkins, clothing, and other textiles. Such linen-presses were made chiefly in the 17th, 1 ...
, a cupboard or cabinet for storing clothes or linen
See also
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Daily Press (disambiguation)
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Pressing (disambiguation)
Pressing may refer to:
* Pressing (association football), a defensive tactic
* Pressing (execution), a method of killing by crushing
*Pressing (metalworking), also known as stamping, a manufacturing process
*Pressing (wine), the extraction of jui ...
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