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Fleet Street

noun
 
 

Definition

the road in London where most of Britain's national newspapers were produced in the past, often used to refer to British national newspapers in general: He's a Fleet Street journalist.The press and news reporting
(Definition of Fleet Street noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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