byline
Sign in to saveThe byline (or by-line in British English) on a newspaper or magazine article gives the name of the writer of the article. Bylines are commonly placed between the headline and the text of the article, although some magazines (notably ''Reader's Digest'') place bylines at the bottom of the page to leave more room for graphical elements around the headline.
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The byline (or by-line in British English) on a newspaper or magazine article gives the name of the writer of the article. Bylines are commonly placed between the headline and the text of the article, although some magazines (notably ''Reader's Digest'') place bylines at the bottom of the page to leave more room for graphical elements around the headline.
Dictionary.com defines a byline as "a printed line of text accompanying a news story, article, or the like, giving the author's name".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “byline” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.