Newspaper of record
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A newspaper of record is a colloquialism that generally refers to a newspaper that meets at least one of two criteria:
- high standards of journalism, the articles of which establish a definitive record of current events, for use by future scholars, and/or
- compliance with the legal requirements necessary to be recognized by the government as permitted to carry public or legal notices and have the notices be recognized as being made public by publication in that newspaper. Newspapers qualifying under this provision are sometimes also referred to as a newspaper of public record.
In its more common meaning, a newspaper of record is generally any public newspaper that has a large circulation and whose editorial and news-gathering functions are considered professional and typically unbiased.
Newspapers of record are usually found internationally at newsstands as representative of the publishing country's news. Newspapers of record generally have strong editors, and are allowed to hold independent views from those of their proprietor.
[edit] Controversy
Some editors of top Western newspapers consider the term obsolete and meaningless, when used in its strict, "record keeping" meaning. In that meaning, the term is considered a legacy of a time when newspapers were required to print official bulletins, shipping schedules, and the like, before the advent of the more literary forms of modern journalism. Daniel Okrent, at the time the public editor of The New York Times, wrote on April 25, 2004 that his paper is no longer a newspaper of record, and that this change is to be welcomed. In his view, the journalism of a "newspaper of record" is "as much stenography as reporting, as much virtual reprinting of handouts (in the form of verbatim transcripts of unexceptional speeches) as provocative journalism." John Geddes, the managing editor of The New York Times, expressed this even more strongly: "I don't think there can be a 'paper of record'. The term implies an omniscient chronicler of events, an arbiter that perfectly captures the significance and import of a day in our lives. I don't work at that place."[1]
[edit] List of newspapers of record
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Newspapers that meet one or both of the abovementioned criteria to be considered a "newspaper of record" include (classified by language):
[edit] Newspapers of record in English, by country
[edit] Australia
- The Australian: National
- The Australian Financial Review: National
- The Sydney Morning Herald: Sydney
- The Age: Melbourne
[edit] Bermuda
[edit] Canada
[edit] Egypt
[edit] Ghana
[edit] Hong Kong
[edit] India
- The Hindu: Chennai (main base)
- The Hindustan Times: Delhi (main base)
- The Times of India: Mumbai (main base)
- The Asian Age: Mumbai (main base)
- The Indian Express: Delhi (main base)
- The Pioneer: Delhi (main base), Lucknow, Bhopal, Cochin, Bhubaneshwar
- Deccan Herald: Bangalore (main base)
- The Telegraph: Kolkata (main base)
- The Economic Times: Mumbai (main base)
- The Statesman: Calcutta (main base)
[edit] Ireland
[edit] Israel
[edit] Lebanon
- The Daily Star: Beirut, printed and distributed with the International Herald Tribune
[edit] Malaysia
[edit] New Zealand
However the political neutrality of this paper has recently been questioned with its editorial stance on political matters.[1]
[edit] Pakistan
[edit] Philippines
- Philippine Daily Inquirer: Makati City
- Manila Bulletin: Manila
- Manila Standard Today: Manila
- Manila Times: Manila
- Philippine Star: Manila
[edit] Singapore
[edit] South Africa
[edit] United Arab Emirates
[edit] United Kingdom
[edit] England
- The Times
- The Daily Telegraph: London; has also been considered the "other paper of record"[2]
- The Guardian: Manchester / London
- The Independent: London
- Financial Times: London (main base)
[edit] Scotland
- The Scotsman: Edinburgh, "Scotland's national newspaper"
- The Herald: Glasgow
[edit] Wales
- The Western Mail: Cardiff, "The national newspaper of Wales".
[edit] Northern Ireland
- The Belfast Telegraph: Belfast, moderate Unionist
- The News Letter: Belfast, Unionist (the oldest English language newspaper still in publication in the world, founded in 1737)
- The Irish News: Belfast, moderate Nationalist
[edit] United States
Because of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and U.S. Supreme Court decisions such as Near v. Minnesota, the government does not (and can not) define certain papers as having a right to print, or otherwise promote, restrict, or license newspapers. Therefore, in the U.S. a newspaper of record is generally held to be any public newspaper that has a large circulation (in many states, public notices are required to be published in a paper "of general circulation"), professional editorial and news-gathering functions, and generally unbiased/objective reporting.
There are provisions whereby a newspaper may file an application to be recognized by the local government as a newspaper of public record for the purpose of publishing legal notices. This is generally done for revenue purposes, as certain types of legal publications (such as fictitious name registrations, mortgage and trust deed foreclosure and notices dealing with a lawsuit) may require publication in a newspaper that is not merely a de facto newspaper of record, but one that has specifically registered with the government as one and been recognized as such. However, being a "newspaper of public record" does not make a periodical into what is known as a "newspaper of record."
This is why, despite its having a large circulation, a newspaper such as The National Enquirer is not considered a newspaper of record (its news-gathering functions are not considered professional, nor are its stories considered unbiased, or even factual), while a paper such as the Washington Post, with a smaller circulation, is generally considered a newspaper of record.[citation needed]
Examples of some newspapers that many would regard as appropriate "newspapers of record" would likely include:
- The New York Times: New York City (Considered the national newspaper of record)
- Wall Street Journal: New York City (newspaper of record on business and economics)
- Washington Post: Washington, D.C.
- USA Today: based in McLean, Virginia (nationally distributed newspaper which prints legal notices from private and government agencies meant for a national audience)
[edit] Others
- International Herald Tribune: Paris (main base)
[edit] Newspapers of record in Arabic, by country
[edit] International
[edit] Egypt
[edit] Israel & Occupied Territories
[edit] Lebanon
[edit] Newspapers of record in Dutch, by country
[edit] Belgium
[edit] The Netherlands
[edit] Newspapers of record in Portuguese, by country
[edit] Brazil
- Correio Braziliense: Brasília
- Folha de S. Paulo: São Paulo
- O Estado de S. Paulo: São Paulo
- O Globo: Rio de Janeiro
[edit] Portugal
[edit] Newspapers of record in French, by country
[edit] Canada
[edit] France
- Le Monde: Paris — arguably the newspaper of record for the entire francophone world
- Le Monde diplomatique: Paris
- Le Figaro: Paris
- Libération: Paris
- Les Échos: Paris
[edit] Lebanon
- L'Orient-Le Jour: Beirut
[edit] Switzerland
[edit] Newspapers of record in German, by country
[edit] Austria
- Die Presse: Vienna
- Der Standard: Vienna
- Salzburger Nachrichten: Salzburg
- Wiener Zeitung: Vienna — the oldest newspaper in the world
[edit] Germany
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Frankfurt
- Süddeutsche Zeitung: Munich
- Die Welt: Berlin
- Die Zeit: Hamburg (weekly)
- Der Spiegel: Hamburg (not a newspaper, but a weekly magazine)
[edit] Luxembourg
[edit] Switzerland
[edit] Newspapers of record in Spanish, by country
[edit] Argentina
[edit] Bolivia
[edit] Chile
[edit] Colombia
[edit] Costa Rica
[edit] Dominican Republic
[edit] Guatemala
- Prensa Libre: Guatemala City
- El Periódico: Guatemala City
- Diario de Centro América: Guatemala City
[edit] Mexico
[edit] Nicaragua
[edit] Peru
[edit] Spain
[edit] United States
[edit] Venezuela
[edit] Newspapers of record in Chinese, by territory
[edit] People's Republic of China
- The People's Daily: National Note that it qualifies chiefly because it is a newspaper of public record, i.e. that the PRC government uses it to publish legal notices.
[edit] Republic of China (Taiwan)
[edit] Hong Kong
[edit] North America
- Ming Pao: National (United States, Canada) Separate editions of the Hong Kong paper published in the US and Canada.
- Sing Tao Daily: National (United States, Canada) Separate editions of the Hong Kong paper published in the US and Canada.
- World Journal: National (United States, Canada)
[edit] Croatian newspapers of record
[edit] Danish newspapers of record
- Berlingske Tidende: Copenhagen.
- Politiken: Copenhagen.
- Jyllands-Posten: Århus.
- Dagbladet Information: Copenhagen.
[edit] Finnish newspapers of record
[edit] Greek newspapers of record
[edit] Hebrew newspapers of record
[edit] Icelandic newspapers of record
- Morgunblaðið: Reykjavík in Iceland
- Fréttablaðið: Reykjavík in Iceland
- Blaðið: Reykjavík in Iceland
[edit] Italian newspapers of record
- Corriere della Sera: Milan in Italy
- La Repubblica: Rome in Italy
- La Stampa: Turin in Italy
- L'Osservatore Romano: Vatican City
- Corriere Canadese: Toronto and Montreal, in Canada[citation needed]
[edit] Japanese newspapers of record
- Asahi Shimbun: Tokyo in Japan
- Yomiuri Shimbun: Tokyo in Japan
[edit] Korean newspapers of record
[edit] Norwegian newspapers of record
- Aftenposten: Oslo in Norway
[edit] Serbian newspapers of record
[edit] Slovak newspapers of record
[edit] Swedish newspapers of record
- Dagens Nyheter: Stockholm in Sweden
- Svenska Dagbladet: Stockholm in Sweden
- Hufvudstadsbladet: Helsinki in Finland
[edit] Polish newspapers of record
[edit] Thai newspaper of record
[edit] Turkish newspapers of record
[edit] Ukrainian newspapers of record
[edit] Urdu newspapers of record
- Daily Jang: Karachi and Lahore in Pakistan
[edit] Vietnamese newspapers of record
- Thanhnien:Ho Chi Minh City
- Tuoitre:Ho Chi Minh City
[edit] References
- ^ Okrent, Daniel. "THE PUBLIC EDITOR; Paper of Record? No Way, No Reason, No Thanks", The New York Times, 2004-04-25. Retrieved on 2007-12-27.
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3409185.stm