syndicate

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
syndicate

▶noun /ˈsɪndɪkət/ a group of individuals or organizations combined to promote some common interest.

■ an agency that supplies material simultaneously to a number of newspapers, periodicals, etc.

■ a committee of syndics.

▶verb /ˈsɪndɪkeɪt/ control or manage by a syndicate.

■ publish or broadcast simultaneously in a number of newspapers, periodicals, etc.

– derivatives
syndication noun.

– origin C17: from Fr. syndicat, from med. L. syndicatus, from late L. syndicus (see syndic).