The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

publicize \publicize\ v. t.
   1. to make public; to announce.

   Syn: publicise, air, bare.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. Specifically: To announce in a manner intended to reach a
      large audience.

   Syn: advertise, advertize, call attention to.
        [WordNet 1.5] [+PJC]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

publicize
    v 1: make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare" [syn:
         publicize, publicise, air, bare]
    2: call attention to; "Please don't advertise the fact that he
       has AIDS" [syn: advertise, publicize, advertize,
       publicise]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

36 Moby Thesaurus words for "publicize":
   advance, advertise, announce, ballyhoo, bark, bill, boost,
   broadcast, bruit, build up, bulletin, circularize, cry, cry up,
   establish, extol, give a write-up, give publicity, headline, hype,
   placard, plug, post, post bills, post up, press-agent, promote,
   promulgate, propagandize, puff, push, sell, spiel, tout, trumpet,
   write up