Editing Newspaper of record (section)

==Newspapers of ''public'' record==
[[File:Le Figaro, boulevard Haussmann.JPG|thumb|upright|Paris [[headquarters]] of {{lang|fr|[[Le Figaro]]}}, France's centre-right newspaper of record (public record and by reputation)]]
A "newspaper of public record", or [[government gazette]], refers to a publicly available newspaper that is authorized by a government to publish public or legal notices.<ref>{{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/5 5] |url-access=registration}}</ref> It is often established by [[statute]] or official action and publication of notices within it, whether by the government or a private party, is considered sufficient to comply with legal requirements for [[public notice]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/blackslawdiction0000blac_6edh1l9 |title=Black's Law Dictionary, 6th edn. |publisher=West Publishing |year=1990 |isbn=90-6544-631-1 |url-access=registration}}</ref>  Such gazettes may have minimal or no editorial content (opinion articles), and are focused on public notification of state services and state decisions; an example is [[Latvia]]'s ''[[Latvijas Vēstnesis]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AsJlnVU4ipoC&q=newspaper+of+record&pg=PA342|title=Nations in Transit 2004: Democratization in East Central Europe and Eurasia|last=House|first=Freedom|date=13 September 2004|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=9781461731412|page=342|language=en}}</ref>

In some jurisdictions, privately owned newspapers may register with the government to publish public and legal notices, or be otherwise eligible to publish such notices (terms used may include "newspaper of general circulation" among others).<ref>See, for example, L.N. 362 of 1997 of The Government of The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette</ref><ref>For example, see [http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/LG/htm/LG.52.htm#52.004 Texas Local Government Code - Section 52.004. Official Newspaper] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609190800/http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/LG/htm/LG.52.htm#52.004 |date=9 June 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cityofmccleary.com/index.asp?SEC=%7B821D9B2C-D6B1-4D12-AB18-1A88DE86A30D%7D&Type=B_LIST|title=1.12 Official Newspaper - City of McCleary|website=cityofmccleary.com|access-date=20 July 2022|archive-date=27 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227132244/https://cityofmccleary.com/index.asp?SEC=%7B821D9B2C-D6B1-4D12-AB18-1A88DE86A30D%7D&Type=B_LIST|url-status=dead}}</ref> Likewise, a private newspaper may be designated by the [[court]]s for publication of legal notices, such as notices of [[trade name|fictitious business name]]s, if judicial and statutory standards are met.<ref>See, e.g., {{cite web |title=California Government Code, Sec. 6000 - 6008 |url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=GOV&division=7.&title=1.&part=&chapter=1.&article=1. |website=California Legislative Information |publisher=California State Legislature |access-date=12 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/general-construction-law/gcn-sect-60.html|title=New York Consolidated Laws, General Construction Law - GCN § 60|website=Findlaw}}</ref> These are sometimes called "legally adjudicated newspapers".<ref>{{cite web|title=Fictitious Names: Adjudicated Newspapers|url=http://www.sonoma-county.org/Clerk/HTML_Documents/FictitiousNames/Newspapers.htm|work=County Clerk|publisher=[[Sonoma County, California|County of Sonoma]]|access-date=4 October 2012|archive-date=29 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029074233/http://sonoma-county.org/Clerk/HTML_Documents/FictitiousNames/Newspapers.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Government organs===
The term "newspapers of public record" can also denote those owned and operated by a government that directs their entire editorial content. Such newspapers, while pejoratively termed "[[State media|state mouthpieces]]", can also be called "official newspapers of record", independently of whether they publish legal notices - distinguishing them from a gazette whose primary role is to publish notices, as their entire content represents the official view and doctrine of the state. This kind of official newspaper is distinct from newspapers of record by reputation, and is liable to fail the reputation criterion due to its governmental control. The word "official" can be used to distinguish them from "newspapers of record by reputation".  Examples include Russia's ''[[Rossiyskaya Gazeta]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last=Zadorozhnii |first=Oleksandr |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lMokDwAAQBAJ |title=International Law in the Relations of Ukraine and the Russian Federation |date=July 2017 |publisher=K.I.S |isbn=978-6176841463 |page=144 |author-link=Oleksandr Zadorozhnii}}</ref> North Korea's ''[[Rodong Sinmun]]'',<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Em |first1=Pavel P. |last2=Ward |first2=Peter |date=January 2021 |title=City profile: Is Pyongyang a post-socialist city? |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264275120312981 |journal=[[Cities (journal)|Cities]] |volume=108 |page=102950 |doi=10.1016/j.cities.2020.102950 |quote=... a line that appeared in Rodong Sinmun (Rodong Sinmun, 1999, 29) the official newspaper of record in North Korea. |s2cid=225116450|url-access=subscription }}</ref> and China's ''[[People's Daily]]''.<ref>{{cite web | website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | access-date=10 May 2022 | first= Ryan |last=Manuel | date=14 December 2017 | title=China is furious and Australia should expect more backlash after questioning its influence | quote=Most significantly, the People's Daily, China's official newspaper of record, had a special signed editorial attacking Australia's government and media.| url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-14/china-backlash-australia-questions-of-political-interference/9258462}}</ref>