Maybe press name central figure (6)
I believe the answer is:
median
'central figure' is the definition.
(middle value in a set of data)
'maybe press name' is the wordplay.
'maybe press' becomes 'media' (the press are part of the media).
'name' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms).
'media'+'n'='MEDIAN'
(Other definitions for median that I've seen before include "Central reservation on a road" , "Middle point or part" , "In the middle; statistical value" , "The middle of a series of values" , "Middle value (statistics)" .)