Talk:Masthead

most dictionaries (e.g. American Heritage Dictionary) seem to find masthead acceptable to refer to the title of a newspaper. sources needed to assert that this is incorrect —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jacobolus (talk • contribs) 16:27, 8 April 2005.

Split needed?

I think the article as structured now is confusing since it has a big sailing infobox in it and a lot of non sailing stuff in it. Failing any objections I will split it up, probably tomorrow to give folks time, creating a disambig at masthead pointing to masthead (publication) and masthead (sailing) articles. ++Lar: t/c 20:16, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

order of publishing

Swapped the order of masthead (publication) definitions. merriam-webster and wordsmyth both cite the list of staff, publishers, etc as the only definition. The dictionary loaded onto my machine (New Oxford American Dictionary) lists both.

Googling several of the world's biggest magazines, they have all listed their staff under their masthead, not their title (eg the name TIME) or the design of that title (using a handlettered serif font with red fill).

Google search: Time magazine masthead brings up a list of their staff.

Google search: National Geographic magazine masthead does likewise.

You may repeat the search exercise with the world's leading publications for similar results.

I will concede that the design of the logo on the front page of a newspaper is sometimes called the masthead, and I have not removed it from your definition, but for accuracy, the commonly accepted publishing definition of a masthead should be referenced first, and the management jargon definition second. 6pttype 20:36, 24 July 2007 (UTC)6pttype

The flag, which carries the name of the publication as well as the date and issue identification is NOT the masthead. It is mistakenly called this outside the industry. Inside the industry it is called the "flag." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.132.48.20 (talk) 00:19, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

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