There may be publication to any third person. It may be made to a member of the plaintiff's family, including his wife, or to the plaintiff's agent or employee. It may be made to the defendant's own agent, employee or officer, even where the defendant is a corporation. The dictation of defamatory matter to a stenographer generally is regarded as sufficient publication, althoug it may be privileged. A few courts, with a tendency to confuse the question of publication with that of privilege, have held that it is not, regarding dictation as an indespensable method in modern business transactions, and therefore merely equivalent to the defendant's own writing.