Newspaper of record

Newspaper of record is a term that may refer either to any publicly available newspaper that has been authorized by a government to publish public or legal notices (often known as a newspaper of public record), or any major newspaper that has a large circulation and whose editorial and news-gathering functions are considered professional and typically authoritative.

Newspapers of public record

The first type of newspaper of record is often formally defined by a statute or other official action of a governing body. Such a newspaper is supposed to be available to the public, and publication of notices in that newspaper is considered sufficient to comply with legal requirements for public notice. In some jurisdictions, these newspapers are referred to as gazettes (for example, the Canada Gazette,^[1] the London Gazette^[2] and The Government of The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette^[3]).

In some jurisdictions, privately-owned newspapers may register with the public authorities in order to publish public and legal notices.^[4]

Newspapers of record (by reputation)

The second type of "newspaper of record" (also known by the French terms Presse de référence, or simply de référence) is not defined by any formal criteria and its characteristics can be variable. The category typically consists of those newspapers that are considered to meet higher standards of journalism than most print media and are usually renowned internationally.^[5] Notwithstanding changes in society, such newspapers have historically tended to maintain the same tone, coverage, style and traditions.^[5]

Examples

Country	Logo	Newspaper	City of publication	Founded	Language	Source(s)
Argentina		La Nación	Buenos Aires	1870	Spanish	[6]
Belgium		De Standaard	Groot-Bijgaarden, near Brussels	1918	Dutch	[7]
Canada		The Globe and Mail	Toronto	1844	English	[8][9][10][11][12]
Canada		La Presse	Montreal	1884	French	[13][14]
Chile		El Mercurio	Santiago	1827 (Valparaíso ed.) 1900 (Santiago ed.)	Spanish	[15]
France	—	Le Monde	Paris	1944	French	[16]
Germany		Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung	Frankfurt	1949	German	[17][18]
Hungary		Népszabadság	Budapest	1956	Hungarian	[19]
India		The Times of India	New Delhi	1838	English	[20]
Ireland		The Irish Times	Dublin	1859	English	[21][22]
Italy		Corriere della Sera	Milan	1876	Italian	[23][24]
Netherlands		NRC Handelsblad	Rotterdam	1970	Dutch	[25]
Portugal		Diário de Notícias	Lisbon	1864	Portuguese	[26]
Serbia		Politika	Belgrade	1904	Serbo-Croatian (Serbian Cyrillic)	[27]
Spain		El País	Madrid	1976	Spanish	[28]
United Kingdom	—	The Times	London	1785	English	[29]
United Kingdom		The Daily Telegraph	London	1855	English	[29]
United States		The New York Times	New York City	1851	English	[30]

References

1. ^ "Canada Gazette". Government of Canada. http://www.gazette.gc.ca/cg-gc/about-sujet-eng.html. Retrieved 2010-01-09. 
2. ^ "About the Gazette". London Gazette. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/about. Retrieved 2010-01-09. 
3. ^ "The Government of The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette". Government of The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. http://www.gld.gov.hk/cgi-bin/gld/egazette/gazettefiles.cgi?lang=e&acurrentpage=15&agree=1&part=1&newfile=1&pid=. Retrieved 2010-01-09. 
4. ^ See, for example, L.N. 362 of 1997 of The Government of The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette
5. ^ ^{a b} Salles, Chloë (January 2010). "Media Coverage of the Internet: An Acculturation Strategy for Press of Record?". Innovation Journalism 7 (1): 5. http://www.innovationjournalism.org/archive/INJO-7-1.pdf. 
6. ^ "Argentine Press & Media". PressReference.com. 2011-06-05. http://www.pressreference.com/A-Be/Argentina.html. 
7. ^ "The press in Belgium". BBC News. 2005-11-16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4315097.stm. 
8. ^ "The Globe and Mail". Encyclopædia Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/235427/The-Globe-and-Mail. 
9. ^ "CANADIAN STUDIES RESOURCES - Canadian Studies Databases and Indexes". Michigan Canadian Studies Roundtable. 2006-09-05. http://mcsrt.org/resources/db/index.htm. 
10. ^ "Globe and Mail to cut jobs". The Straits Times. 2009-01-11. http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Money/Story/STIStory_324744.html. Retrieved 2010-01-17. ^{[dead link]}
11. ^ "What's behind the shake up at 'Canada's newspaper of record'?". rabble.ca. 2009-06-02. http://www.rabble.ca/news/2009/06/shake-globe. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
12. ^ "Montreal". Bradmans - Making Business Travel Easy. 2006. http://www.bradmans.com/Listing/northamerica/montreal/montreal.aspx. 
13. ^ "Where's Mario". Maclean's. 2008-08-25. http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/08/25/wheres-mario/#more-5664. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
14. ^ "Endorsements, opinions flourish in Quebec". cbc.ca. 2008-10-10. http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2008/10/10/f-electionquebecvoices.html. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
15. ^ Brown-Bernstein, Julia (2009). "After the Fact: El Mercurio and the Re-Writing of the Pinochet Dictatorship". http://etd.ohiolink.edu/view.cgi/BrownBernstein%20Julia.pdf?oberlin1244566093. 
16. ^ Thomas Fuller (2003-08-25). "World of Le Monde looks set to expand". International Herald Tribune. 
17. ^ "German language reform resisted". The Washington Times. 29 May 2004. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/may/29/20040529-114058-2009r/. 
18. ^ "Look back at the Britannica Calendar of Events to find out what happened in the year 2000". Encyclopaedia Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/facts/10/40940819/August-1-2000-The-Frankfurter-Allgemeine-Zeitung-Germany-s. Retrieved 27 March 2010. 
19. ^ Escritt, Thomas (2005-09-01). "The e-circulation wars". The Budapest Sun. http://www.budapestsun.com/news/50876. 
20. ^ Wilke, Mary; Manicini, Lawrence; Leonard, Spencer (Fall 2007). "Some recent CRL acquisitions related to colonial India". Centre for Research Libraries - Focus on Global Resources. http://www.budapestsun.com/news/50876. 
21. ^ 4,750
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23. ^ Israely, Jeff; Macleod, Scott (1 June 2003). "Editing Out Criticism". Time. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,455770,00.html. 
24. ^ Grove, Lloyd (6 February 1998). "Diplomatic Affinity". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1998/feb/06/news/ls-16003. 
25. ^ Waterfield, Bruno (4 March 2010). "Geert Wilders on course to be next Dutch prime minister". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/7369693/Wilders-on-course-to-be-next-Dutch-prime-minister.html. 
26. ^ Hubred, Joni. "Portugal Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers". http://www.pressreference.com/No-Sa/Portugal.html. 
27. ^ http://bulletin.arcadia.edu/2011/02/grigorev-commentary-in-politika-serbs-vote-is-pragmatic/
28. ^ Phillips, Lindsay (18 December 2002). "Spanish and U.S. Relationship During the “War on Terror”". EU Notes - Texas A&M University. http://international.tamu.edu/eunotes/SPAINUS.doc. 
29. ^ ^{a b} "The UK's 'other paper of record'". BBC News. 2004-01-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3409185.stm. Retrieved 2009-03-21. 
30. ^ "The New York Times". Encyclopædia Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/412546/The-New-York-Times.