Newspaper of record 768788 225741404 2008-07-15T04:45:11Z 209.150.233.232 /* United States */ {{TOCright}} 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 notice|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 [[newsstand]]s 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. ==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."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02E1D8123AF936A15757C0A9629C8B63 |title=THE PUBLIC EDITOR; Paper of Record? No Way, No Reason, No Thanks |work=The New York Times |date=[[2004-04-25]] |accessdate=2007-12-27 |last=Okrent |first=Daniel |authorlink=Daniel Okrent}}</ref> ==List of newspapers of record== {{Unreferenced|section|date=March 2007}} Newspapers that meet one or both of the abovementioned criteria to be considered a "newspaper of record" include (classified by language): <!-- DO NOT ADD BROADSHEET NEWSPAPERS HERE RECKLESSLY. A BROADSHEET IS NOT NECESSARILY A NEWSPAPER OF RECORD, AND VICE VERSA. CLEAR ENTRIES IN THE DISCUSSION FIRST. --> ===Newspapers of record in English, by country=== ====Australia==== *''[[The Australian]]'': [[national (distribution)|National]] *''[[The Australian Financial Review]]'': [[national (distribution)|National]] *''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'': [[Sydney]] *''[[The Age]]'': [[Melbourne]] ====Bermuda==== *''[[The Royal Gazette]]'': [[national (distribution)|National]] ====Canada==== *''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' *''[[The Toronto Star]]'': [[Toronto]] *''[[The Gazette]]'': [[Montreal]] ====Egypt==== *''[[Al-Ahram Weekly]]'': [[Cairo]] ====Ghana==== *''[[Daily Graphic]]'': [[Accra]] ====Hong Kong==== *''[[Hong Kong Economic Journal]]'' *''[[South China Morning Post]]'' *''[[The Standard]]'' ====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 (Indian newspaper)|The Pioneer]]'': [[Delhi]] (main base), [[Lucknow]], [[Bhopal]], [[Cochin]], [[Bhubaneshwar]] *''[[Deccan Herald]]'': [[Bangalore]] (main base) *''[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]'': [[Kolkata]] (main base) *''[[The Economic Times]]'': [[Mumbai]] (main base) *''[[The Statesman]]'': [[Calcutta]] (main base) ====Ireland==== *''[[The Irish Times]]'': [[Dublin]] ====Israel==== *''[[Haaretz]]'': [[Tel Aviv]] *''[[The Jerusalem Post]]'': [[Jerusalem]] ====Lebanon==== *''[[Daily Star (Lebanon)|The Daily Star]]'': [[Beirut]], printed and distributed with the International Herald Tribune ====Malaysia==== *''[[New Straits Times]]'': [[Kuala Lumpur]] ====New Zealand==== *''[[The New Zealand Herald]]'': [[Auckland]] However the political neutrality of this paper has recently been questioned with its editorial stance on political matters.[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10480130] ====Pakistan==== *''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]'': [[Karachi]], [[Lahore]] & [[Islamabad]] *''[[The News International]]'': [[Karachi]], [[Lahore]] & [[Islamabad]] *''[[Daily Times]]'': [Karachi], [Lahore] & [Islamabad] ====Philippines==== *''[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]'': [[Makati City]] *''[[Manila Bulletin]]'': [[Manila]] *''[[Manila Standard Today]]'': [[Manila]] *''[[Manila Times]]'': [[Manila]] *''[[Philippine Star]]'': [[Manila]] ====Singapore==== *''[[The Straits Times]]'': ====South Africa==== *''[[Mail & Guardian]]'': [[Johannesburg]] ====United Arab Emirates==== *''[[Khaleej Times]]'': [[Dubai]] *''[[Gulf News]]'': [[Dubai]] ====United Kingdom==== =====England===== *''[[The Times]]'' *''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'': [[London]]; has also been considered the "other paper of record"<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3409185.stm</ref> *''[[The Guardian]]'': [[Manchester]] / [[London]] *''[[The Independent]]'': [[London]] *''[[Financial Times]]'': [[London]] (main base) *''[[London Gazette|The London Gazette]]'': [[London]];one of the Official Newspapers of Record of the UK government. =====Scotland===== *''[[The Scotsman]]'': [[Edinburgh]], "Scotland's national newspaper" *''[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]'': [[Glasgow]] *''[[Edinburgh Gazette| The Edinburgh Gazette]]'': [[Edinburgh]],one of the Official Newspapers of Record of the UK government =====Wales===== *''[[The Western Mail]]'': [[Cardiff]], "The national newspaper of Wales". =====Northern Ireland===== *''[[The Belfast Telegraph]]'': [[Belfast]], moderate [[Unionism (Ireland)|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 [[Irish nationalism|Nationalist]] *''[[Belfast Gazette|The Belfast Gazette]]'': [[Belfast]] One of the Official Newspapers of Record of the UK government ====United States==== Because of the [[First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States]], and [[Supreme Court of the United States|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. {{Fact|date=February 2007}} 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.]] (newspaper of record on US politics) ====Others==== *''[[International Herald Tribune]]'': [[Paris]] (main base) ===Newspapers of record in Arabic, by country=== ====International==== *''[[Asharq Al-Awsat]]'': [[London]] *''[[Al-Hayat]]'': [[London]] and [[Beirut]] ====Egypt==== *''[[Al-Ahram]]'': [[Cairo]] ====Israel & Occupied Territories==== *''[[Al-Quds (newspaper)|Al-Quds]]'': [[Jerusalem]] ====Lebanon==== *''[[Al Akhbar (Lebanon)|Al Akhbar]]'', [[Beirut]] *''[[An-Nahar]]'', [[Beirut]] ===Newspapers of record in Dutch, by country=== ====Belgium==== *''[[De Standaard]]'': [[Brussels]] *''[[De Morgen]]'': [[Brussels]] *''[[De Tijd]]'' : [[Antwerp]] ====The Netherlands==== *''[[NRC Handelsblad]]'': [[Rotterdam]] *''[[De Volkskrant]]'': [[Amsterdam]] *''[[Trouw]]'': [[Amsterdam]] ===Newspapers of record in Portuguese, by country=== ====Brazil==== *''[[Correio Braziliense]]'': [[Brasília]] *''[[Folha de S. Paulo]]'': [[São Paulo]] *''[[O Estado de S. Paulo]]'': [[São Paulo]] *''[[O Globo]]'': [[Rio de Janeiro]] ====Portugal==== *''[[Expresso (Portuguese newspaper)|Expresso]]'': [[Lisbon]] *''[[Público]]'': [[Lisbon]] *''[[Jornal de Notícias]]'': [[Porto]] *''[[Diário de Notícias]]'': [[Lisbon]] ===Newspapers of record in French, by country=== ====Canada==== *''[[La Presse]]'': [[Montreal]] *''[[Le Devoir]]'': [[Montreal]] ====France==== *''[[Le Monde]]'': [[Paris]] *''[[Le Monde diplomatique]]'': [[Paris]] *''[[Le Figaro]]'': [[Paris]] *''[[Libération]]'': [[Paris]] *''[[Les Échos]]'': [[Paris]] ====Lebanon==== *''[[L'Orient-Le Jour]]'': [[Beirut]] ====Switzerland==== *''[[Le Temps]]'': [[Geneva]] ===Newspapers of record in German, by country=== ====Austria==== *''[[Die Presse]]'': [[Vienna]] *''[[Der Standard]]'': [[Vienna]] *''[[Salzburger Nachrichten]]'': [[Salzburg]] *''[[Wiener Zeitung]]'': [[Vienna]] — the oldest newspaper in the world ====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) ====Luxembourg==== *''[[d'Wort]]'': [[Luxembourg City]] ====Switzerland==== *''[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]]'': [[Zürich]] ===Newspapers of record in Spanish, by country=== ====Argentina==== *''[[Clarín (newspaper)|Clarín]]'': [[Buenos Aires]] *''[[La Nación]]'': [[Buenos Aires]] ====Bolivia==== *''[[El Diario (La Paz)|El Diario]]'': [[La Paz]] ====Chile==== *''[[El Mercurio]]'': [[Santiago de Chile|Santiago]] ====Colombia==== *''[[El Tiempo]]'': [[Bogotá]] *''[[El Espectador]]'': [[Bogotá]] *''[[El Colombiano]]'': [[Medellín]] *''[[El País (Colombia)|El País]]'': [[Cali]] ====Costa Rica==== *''[[Al Día]]'': [[San José de Costa Rica|San José]] *''[[La Nación (Costa Rica)|La Nación]]'': [[San José de Costa Rica|San José]] ====Dominican Republic==== *''[[Listín Diario]]'': [[Santo Domingo]] ====Ecuador==== *''[[El_Comercio_(Ecuador)|El Comercio]]'': [[Quito]] *''[[El Universo]]'':[[Guayaquil]] ====Guatemala==== *''[[Prensa Libre]]'': [[Guatemala City]] *''[[El Periódico]]'': [[Guatemala City]] *''[[Diario de Centro América]]'': [[Guatemala City]] ====Mexico==== *''[[Excélsior]]'': [[Mexico City]] *''[[El Universal (Mexico City)|El Universal]]'': [[Mexico City]] *''[[Reforma]]'': [[Mexico City]] *''[[La Jornada]]'': [[Mexico City]] ====Nicaragua==== *''[[La Prensa (Managua)|La Prensa]]'': [[Managua]] ====Peru==== *''[[El Comercio]]'': [[Lima]] *''[[La República]]'': [[Lima]] ====Spain==== *''[[El País]]'': [[Madrid]] *''[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]'': [[Madrid]] *''[[Diario ABC]]'': [[Madrid]] *''[[La Vanguardia ]]'': [[Barcelona]] ====United States==== *''[[La Opinion]]'': [[Los Angeles]] *''[[El Nuevo Herald]]'': [[Miami, Florida|Miami]] ====Venezuela==== *''[[El Nacional (Caracas)|El Nacional]]'': [[Caracas]] *''[[El Universal (Caracas)|El Universal]]'': [[Caracas]] ===Newspapers of record in Chinese, by territory=== ====People's Republic of China==== *The ''[[People's Daily]]'': [[National (distribution)|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. ====Republic of China (Taiwan)==== *''[[China Times]]'': [[Taipei]] ====Hong Kong==== *''[[Ming Pao]]'': [[Chai Wan]] ====North America==== *''[[Ming Pao]]'': [[National (distribution)|National]] ([[United States]], [[Canada]]) ''Separate editions of the Hong Kong paper published in the US and Canada.'' *''[[Sing Tao Daily]]'': [[National (distribution)|National]] ([[United States]], [[Canada]]) ''Separate editions of the Hong Kong paper published in the US and Canada.'' *''[[World Journal]]'': [[National (distribution)|National]] ([[United States]], [[Canada]]) ===Croatian newspapers of record=== * ''[[Narodne novine]]'', [[Zagreb]] ''(the official newspaper of public record)'' * ''[[Vjesnik]]'', [[Zagreb]] * ''[[Večernji list]]'', [[Zagreb]] ===Danish newspapers of record=== *''[[Berlingske Tidende]]'': [[Copenhagen]]. *''[[Politiken]]'': [[Copenhagen]]. *''[[Jyllands-Posten]]'': [[Århus]]. *''[[Dagbladet Information]]'': [[Copenhagen]]. ===Finnish newspapers of record=== *''[[Helsingin Sanomat]]'': [[Helsinki]] in [[Finland]] ===Greek newspapers of record=== *''[[Kathimerini]]'': [[Athens]] in [[Greece]] *''[[To Vima]]'': [[Athens]] in [[Greece]] ===Hebrew newspapers of record=== *''[[Haaretz]]'': [[Tel Aviv]] in [[Israel]] ===Hungarian newspapers of record=== *''[[Népszabadság]]''<ref name=Sun>{{cite web |url=http://www.budapestsun.com/cikk.php?id=12793 |title=The e-circulation wars |accessdate= |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth= |accessyear= |author= |last=Escritt |first=Thomas |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2005-09-01 |year= |month= |format= |work=[[The Budapest Sun]] |publisher= |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>: [[Budapest]] in [[Hungary]] *''[[Magyar Nemzet]]''<ref name=Sun/>: [[Budapest]] in [[Hungary]] ===Icelandic newspapers of record=== *''[[Morgunblaðið]]'': [[Reykjavík]] in [[Iceland]] *''[[Fréttablaðið]]'': [[Reykjavík]] in [[Iceland]] *''[[Blaðið]]'': [[Reykjavík]] in [[Iceland]] ===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]] {{Fact|date=February 2008}} ===Japanese newspapers of record=== *''[[Yomiuri Shimbun]]'': [[national (distribution)|National]] in [[Japan]] *''[[Asahi Shimbun]]'': [[national (distribution)|National]] in [[Japan]] *''[[Mainichi Shimbun]]'': [[national (distribution)|National]] in [[Japan]] *''[[Nihon Keizai Shimbun]]'': [[national (distribution)|National]] in [[Japan]] ===Korean newspapers of record=== *''[[JoongAng Ilbo]]'': [[Seoul]] in [[South Korea]] *''[[The Korea Times]]'': [[Seoul]] in [[South Korea]] ===Norwegian newspapers of record=== *''[[Aftenposten]]'': [[Oslo]] in [[Norway]] ===Serbian newspapers of record=== *''[[Politika]]'': [[Belgrade]] in [[Serbia]] *''[[Borba (newspaper)|Borba]]'': [[Belgrade]] in [[Serbia]] *''[[Večernje Novosti]]'': [[Belgrade]] in [[Serbia]] ===Slovak newspapers of record=== *''[[SME]]'': [[Bratislava]] in [[Slovakia]] *''[[Hospodarske noviny]]'': [[Bratislava]] in [[Slovakia]] ===Swedish newspapers of record=== *''[[Dagens Nyheter]]'': [[Stockholm]] in [[Sweden]] *''[[Svenska Dagbladet]]'': [[Stockholm]] in [[Sweden]] *''[[Hufvudstadsbladet]]'': [[Helsinki]] in [[Finland]] ===Polish newspapers of record=== *''[[Gazeta Wyborcza]]'': [[Warsaw]] in [[Poland]] *''[[Rzeczpospolita (newspaper)|Rzeczpospolita]]'': [[Warsaw]] in [[Poland]] ===Thai newspaper of record=== *''[[The Royal Gazette (Thailand)]]'' ===Turkish newspapers of record=== *''[[Milliyet]]'': [[Istanbul]] *''[[Zaman]]'': [[Istanbul]] *''[[Cumhuriyet]]'': [[Istanbul]] (used to be one, but now it is disputable) ===Ukrainian newspapers of record=== *''[[Zerkalo Nedeli]]'': [[Kiev]] ===Urdu newspapers of record=== *''[[Daily Jang]]'': [[Karachi]] and [[Lahore]] in [[Pakistan]] ===Vietnamese newspapers of record=== *[[Thanhnien]]:[[Ho Chi Minh City ]] *[[Tuoitre]]:[[Ho Chi Minh City ]] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Newspapering]] [[Category:Lists of newspapers]]