Editing Newspaper of record (section)

{{short description|Major newspapers that are considered authoritative}}
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[[File:NYTimesBldgByLuigiNovi2.jpg|thumb|upright|[[The New York Times Building]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]]. Some meanings of the term originated in reference to ''[[The New York Times]]''.]]
A '''newspaper of record''' is a major national [[newspaper]] with large [[newspaper circulation|circulation]] whose [[editorial]] and news-gathering functions are considered authoritative and independent; they are thus "newspapers of record by reputation" and include some of the oldest and most widely respected newspapers in the world. The number and trend of "newspapers of record by reputation" is related to the state of [[Freedom of the press|press freedom]] and [[political freedom]] in a country.<ref name=EoJ/><ref name=NoR/>

It may also be a newspaper authorized to publish [[Public notice|public or legal notices]], thus serving as a '''newspaper of public record'''. A newspaper whose editorial content is directed by the state can be referred to as an '''official newspaper of record''', but the lack of editorial independence means that it is not a "newspaper of record by reputation". Newspapers of record by reputation that focus on business can also be called '''newspapers of financial record'''.<ref name=EoJ/><ref name="NoR">{{cite book |last1=Martin |first1=Shannon E. |url=https://archive.org/details/newspapersofreco0000mart |title=Newspapers of Record in a Digital Age: From Hot Type to Hot Link |last2=Hansen |first2=Kathleen A. |publisher=Praeger Publishers |year=1998 |isbn=0-275-95960-0 |location=Westport, CT |page=[https://archive.org/details/newspapersofreco0000mart/page/1 1] |url-access=registration}}</ref>