List of Key Words in the Media

active trading

advance

ageism

anchor a news programme

anchorman

anchorperson

anchorwoman

applause

art film

art house

art house film

art house movie

art movie

article

artist

artist

artiste

arts

backstage

bad reviews

bean-counter

bear market

bearish

bears

benefits

bestseller

bestseller list

bit-part

blockbuster

blockbuster

blue chip

blue chip stocks

bomb

bonds

boo

boom

bourse

box office

brisk

broadcast

broadcast

broadcaster

brokers

bull market

bullish

bulls

bumpy

cameo role

captains of industry

carry an article

cast

change hands

cheer

choppy

circulation

city

clapping

clip

columnist

commodities

commute

commuter

commuting

correspondent

critic

critical acclaim

cult film

cult movie

currencies

dealers

debut

disaster

disc jockey (DJ)

discriminate

discrimination

dismiss

dismissal

downturn

dramatic footage

ecstatic

edit

editor

editor

editorial

electronic media

encore

entertainer

entertainment

entrepreneur

equities

extra

faction

failure

fiction

film buff

fire

first night

Fleet Street story

flexible working hours

flexitime

flextime

flop

footage

foreign exchange

frantic

frenetic

frenzied

fringe benefits

front a news programme

gain ground

genre

ghost

ghost writer

ghost-write

gilt-edge stocks

gilt-edged securities

gilts

give someone the sack

gross

gross receipts

ground

growth

gutter press

hack

hardback

headhunt

headhunter

heavy

heckle

heckler

hectic

hesitant

hesitant

high roller

high-brow

hit

hit

host

host a programme

host a show

hype up by media

impresario

invest investment

investors

job-sharing

journalist

journo

lackluster

lead

leader

leader writer

leading actor

leading actress

leading article

leading part

leading role

light

listed

literary agent

literary critic

literary editor

literary prize

literati

live broadcast

lose ground

low-brow

magnate

make gains

market

mass media

media

media analyst

media attention

media campaign

media circus

media correspondent

media coverage

media empire

media exposure

media guru

media hype

media magnate

media mogul

media pundit

media tycoon

megastar

mere entertainment

middle-brow

mixed

mixed reviews

moderate trading

mogul

negligible

nerd

news gatherer

news media

newscaster

newsreader

nine-to-five job

notice

number cruncher

opening night

ovation

package

panned by the critics

paperback

part-time

perform

performance

performer

performing arts

perks

pick up

pick-up

piece

play the stock

popular press

premiere

press

preview

print media

prize winner

programme show

publication

publish

publisher

pure entertainment

quality press

quiet

quoted

racial discrimination

rally

rapturous

rapturous applause

rave reviews

readership

recession

recording recorded

recover

recover

recovery

recovery

regain ground

regain lost

rehearsal

rehearsal dress

rehearse

report

reporter

review

review

review

reviewer

revival

role

royalties

run an article

sack

savaged by the critics

scathing

sexual discrimination

sexual harassment

sexually harassed

shareholders

shares

shares stocks

sheer entertainment

show

show business

showbiz

sleeper

slow

slow down

slowdown

sluggish

slump

smash

sneak preview

speculate

speculation

speculator

stage fright

standing ovation

star

starlet

stinking

stock exchange

stock market

stocks

success

sue

supporting actor

supporting role

tabloid broadsheet

tabloid press

take

talking heads

techno-nerd

telecommuter

telecommuting

telecottage

teleworker

thin

thunderous applause

trade

traders

trading

tribunal

tumultuous applause

turkey

turn down

turn up

turnover

TV crew

tycoon

uncertain

unfair dismissal

unflattening

upturn

visual arts

vox-pop interview

Wall Street

weak

weaken

whizz-kid

wings

yuppy