Newspaper of record
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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 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 newsstands as representative of the publishing country's news. Newspapers of record generally have strong editors and proprietors, and are allowed to hold independent views from those of their proprietor.
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