--- title: News message – FIX 5.0 SP1 – FIX Dictionary – Onix Solutions description: News message – FIX 5.0 SP1 – FIX Dictionary – Onix Solutions --- ![Dictionary icon](https://www.onixs.biz/hubfs/SIC_website_2020/images/interface/img-icon-book.svg) # News message – FIX 5.0 SP1 – FIX Dictionary | Messages by MsgType \| Messages by Name \| Fields by Tag \| Fields by Name \| FIX 5.0 SP1 \| Home FIX 5.0 SP1 : News message Structure \| Related Messages Description The news message is a general free format message between the broker and institution. The message contains flags to identify the news item's urgency and to allow sorting by subject company (symbol). The News message can be originated at either the broker or institution side. Structure Tag Field Name Req'd Comments Component Block - Y MsgType = B 42 OrigTime N 61 Urgency N 148 Headline Y Specifies the headline text 358 EncodedHeadlineLen N Must be set if EncodedHeadline field is specified and must immediately precede it. 359 EncodedHeadline N Encoded (non-ASCII characters) representation of the Headline field in the encoded format specified via the MessageEncoding field. Component Block - N Required if any RoutingType and RoutingIDs are specified. Indicates the number within repeating group. Component Block - N Specifies the number of repeating symbols (instruments) specified Component Block - N Number of legs Identifies a Multi-leg Execution if present and non-zero. Component Block - N Number of underlyings Component Block - Y Specifies the number of repeating lines of text specified 149 URLLink N A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) link to additional information (i.e. http://www.XYZ.com/research.html) 95 RawDataLength N 96 RawData N Component Block - N Component Block - Y Related Messages Email | | --- | | ![](https://www.onixs.biz/hs-fs/hubfs/fix-dictionary/img/spacer.gif?height=5&name=spacer.gif) | - Follow OnixS - [Follow us on Twitter ](https://twitter.com/onixsbiz) - [Connect with us on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/company/onix-solutions/) We track how people interact with our online web content and resources, and some of that tracking involves storing cookies on your device. By continuing to use our site you accept that you agree to this. For more details see our [Cookie usage, and Data Privacy and Protection Policies](https://www.onixs.biz/cookies-and-privacy.html). [Ok](https://www.onixs.biz/fix-dictionary/5.0.sp1/msgtype_b_66.html#) [OnixS ](https://www.onixs.biz/) Menu --- --- [OnixS ](https://www.onixs.biz/) ### Search the site Search