Nameplate (publishing)

Nameplate of the Mining and Scientific Press in 1885

The Rensselaer Polytechnic student newspaper nameplate.

In American usage, a publication's nameplate is a publication's designed title as it appears on the front page or cover. In the United Kingdom and many other Commonwealth nations, it is known as masthead.^{[1] [2]}

In American usage, the term masthead refers to a printed list, published in a fixed position in each edition, of its owners, departments, officers and address details,^[3][4] which in British English usage is known as imprint.^[1]

References

1. The Guardian: Newspaper terminology Linked 2013-06-16
2. Newspaper terminology Archived pdf at WebCitation.
3. Funk & Wagnall's Standard Dictionary, New York 1960
4. E.g., masthead of The New York Times