Masthead_(American_publishing)

Masthead (American publishing)

Masthead (American publishing)

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In American usage, a publication's masthead is a printed list, published in a fixed position in each edition, of its owners, departments, officers, contributors and address details,[1][2] which in British English usage is known as imprint.[3] Flannel panel is a humorous term for a magazine masthead panel.

In the UK and many other Commonwealth nations, "the masthead" is a publication's designed title as it appears on the front page:[3] what, in American English, is known as the nameplate or "flag".

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  1. [1]
    Funk & Wagnall's Standard Dictionary, New York 1960
  2. [2]
    E.g., masthead of The New York Times
  3. [3]
    The Guardian: "Newspaper terminology" Archived 2014-05-13 at the Wayback Machine Linked 2013-06-16

Examples of mastheads for digital magazines:


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