1. a. Public interest, notice, or notoriety generated or gained by disseminating information through various media: The book has received widespread publicity.
b. The act, process, or occupation of disseminating information to gain public interest: the company's ongoing publicity of its new product; has a job in publicity.
c. Information about someone or something that is disseminated through various media to attract public notice: The publicity that went out about the film was not very exciting.