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press agent

 
 
noun [C]

Definition

MARKETING a person whose job is to provide newspapers, television, etc. with information about a famous or important person or company: The CEO's press agent wasn't happy with much of what the journalist had written.
(Definition of press agent noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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