syndicate

A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.

A group of gangsters engaged in organized crime.

A group of media companies, or an agency, formed to acquire content such as articles, cartoons, etc., and to publish it in multiple outlets; a chain of newspapers or other media outlets managed by such an organization.

The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a body or council of syndics.

To become a syndicate.

To release media content through a syndicate to be broadcast or published through multiple outlets.

To put under the control of a group acting as a unit.