In American usage, a publication's masthead is a printed list, published in a fixed position in each edition, of its owners, departments, officers, contributors and address details,Funk & Wagnall's Standard Dictionary, New York 1960E.g., masthead of The New York Times which in British English usage is known as imprint.The Guardian: "Newspaper terminology" Linked 2013-06-16 Flannel panel is a humorous term for a magazine masthead panel.
In the UK and many other Commonwealth nations, "the masthead" is a publication's designed title as it appears on the front page: what, in American English, is known as the nameplate or "flag".
See also Colophon (publishing) Impressum Indicia (publishing)
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External links Examples of mastheads for digital magazines: Masthead at Vogue Staff masthead at Fast Company Masthead at National Geographic Masthead at Scientific American