This is a tough one, Peter.

The problem is that **now** "news" organizations - and I've seen it in newspapers and TV in particular - use publicity disguised as "press releases" (newspapers) or videos done by companies to look like a news item (TV). Apparently because they're cheap (free) and fill space/time.
I don't know that we have a commonly used word for that except 'fake news' maybe.

I understand the term "recycling old news" to be mainly a tactic, particularly in politics, to try to renew "interest" in some old news item that served them well before.



>A question to native English speakers:
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>In search of an expression that is used for 'news' that appears to have been news quite a long time ago, I have found the expression "recycling old news" on the internet. Is this the only expression for this type of news?
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>The type of news I'm referring to is the news that is publicized tactically asif it is really new. And only after some research it is discovered that it is not news at all. As to my knowledge there has been a topic here involving this type of news.
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>I need this info for a blog on my Dutch weblog.