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| article |
a piece of writing in a newspaper, magazine, or book. [1/3 definitions] |
| banner |
a newspaper headline, usu. stretching across the page. [1/6 definitions] |
| bulletin |
a magazine or small newspaper published at regular times. [1/2 definitions] |
| byline |
the writer's name at the head of a newspaper or magazine article. |
| caption |
the words that describe a picture in a magazine, book, or newspaper. |
| carry |
to make (news, a program, or the like) available to viewers or listeners, as a newspaper or a television or radio station. [1/16 definitions] |
| circulation |
the number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold at a given time, or the selling itself. [1/3 definitions] |
| classified |
of or relating to newspaper advertisements that are grouped together and in small print. [1/3 definitions] |
| classified advertising |
advertising, usu. brief, that is arranged in columns according to subject in a newspaper or magazine. |
| column |
an article or other piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine that appears on a regular schedule. [1/4 definitions] |
| columnist |
a writer or editor of a regular column or feature in a newspaper or magazine. |
| comic |
(plural) one or more series of cartoons, or a book, magazine, or newspaper section that contains such series. [1/3 definitions] |
| comic strip |
a series of cartoons in a newspaper that tells a funny story. |
| copy desk |
a desk in a newspaper office where copy is edited and prepared for typesetting, and where headlines are composed. |
| copyreader |
one who edits and prepares newspaper copy for typesetting and publication. |
| correspondent |
a person who reports news or contributes articles regularly to a newspaper, magazine, TV network, or the like, from a distant area. [1/2 definitions] |
| daily |
a newspaper that is printed every day or every day except Sunday. [1/3 definitions] |
| desk |
a specialized department of an organization, esp. of a newspaper office. [1/3 definitions] |
| edition |
all the copies of a single complete run of a newspaper or magazine. [1/3 definitions] |
| editor |
a person who writes editorials for a newspaper or magazine. [1/2 definitions] |
| editorial |
an article in a newspaper, or a statement on television, that gives a personal opinion. |
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