newsbar

plural newsbars

1. broadcastingA horizontal or vertical strip on a screen that displays scrolling or static text, typically used to present news headlines, alerts, or other real-time information.

   I put the television on and I saw his name on the breaking news, on the newsbar.

   2012 November 1, Hilda Reilly, Prickly Pears of Palestine: The People Behind the Politics, Eye Books (US&CA), page 102

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   There are differences, of course, but they can be very, very subtle. The graphics at the top of the screen, the newsbar running across the bottom.

   2007, Jennifer Oko, Gloss, MIRA, page 164

   But as the hours passed and we entered different national airspaces, the newsbar flashed in the side panel with various regional propaganda.

   2023, Joseph Zigmond, Constance, Black Spot Books, page 134