Template:Infobox newspaper

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Usage

{{{name}}}

{{{motto}}}
[[File:{{{logo}}}|{{{logo_size}}}|alt={{{logo_alt}}}|upright={{{logo_upright}}}]] {{{logo_caption}}}
[[File:{{{image}}}|{{{image_size}}}|alt={{{image_alt}}}|upright={{{image_upright}}}]] {{{caption}}}
Type	{{{type}}}
Format	{{{format}}}
School	{{{school}}}
Owner(s)	{{{owner}}}
Founder(s)	{{{founder}}}
Publisher	{{{publisher}}}
President	{{{president}}}
Editor-in-chief	{{{chiefeditor}}}
Editor	{{{editor}}}
Deputy editor	{{{depeditor}}}
Associate editor	{{{assoceditor}}}
Managing editor	{{{maneditor}}}
General manager	{{{generalmanager}}}
News editor	{{{newseditor}}}
Managing editor, design	{{{managingeditordesign}}}
Director of Interactive	{{{dirinteractive}}}
Campus editor	{{{campuseditor}}}
Campus chief	{{{campuschief}}}
Metro editor	{{{metroeditor}}}
Metro chief	{{{metrochief}}}
Opinion editor	{{{opeditor}}}
Sports editor	{{{sportseditor}}}
Photo editor	{{{photoeditor}}}
Staff writers	{{{staff}}}
{{{custom_label}}}	{{{custom}}}
Founded	{{{foundation}}}
Political alignment	{{{political}}}
Language	{{{language}}}
Ceased publication	{{{ceased publication}}}
Relaunched	{{{relaunched}}}
Headquarters	{{{headquarters}}}
City	{{{publishing_city}}}
Country	{{{publishing_country}}}
Circulation	{{{circulation}}} (as of {{{circulation_date}}}){{{circulation_ref}}}
Readership	{{{readership}}}
Sister newspapers	{{{sister newspapers}}}
ISSN	{{{ISSN}}} (print) {{{eISSN}}} (web)
OCLC number	{{{oclc}}}
RNI	{{{RNI}}}
Website	{{{website}}}
Free online archives	{{{free}}}

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Parameters

All parameters are optional. If no value is specified for the parameter, it will not be displayed.

• name – name of the newspaper. If this is omitted (not just left blank), it will be inferred from the article title.
• logo – image (logo or other), use with logo_size (default is 250x50px).
• logo_alt - Alternative text of the logo; very important.
• image – image (front page or other), use with image_size (default is 220px).
• image_alt - Alternative text of the image; very important.
• caption – caption text to be displayed below image
• motto – motto of newspaper. Use only if it is closely associated with the newspaper and of historical significance; omit otherwise.
• type – frequency and type, i.e. Daily newspaper
• format – page format, i.e. Broadsheet, Berliner, Tabloid, Compact
• school – for school newspapers
• owner – or owners, name of the company, person or family which owns the newspaper
• founder – or founders, name of the company or person who founded or directs the newspaper, if |owner= is not appropriate (for instance, in the case of some nonprofits)
• publisher – name of Publisher
• president – name of President
• generalmanager – name of General Manager
• chiefeditor – name of Editor-in-Chief
• editor – name of Editor
• depeditor – name of Deputy Editor
• assoceditor – name of Associate Editor
• maneditor – or maneditors, name of Managing Editor or Editors
• newseditor – name of News Editor
• managingeditordesign – name of Managing Editor, Design
• dirinteractive – name of Director of Interactive
• campuseditor – name of Campus Editor
• campuschief – name of Campus Chief
• metroeditor – name of Metro Editor
• metrochief – name of Metro Chief
• opeditor – name of Opinion Editor
• sportseditor – name of Sports Editor
• photoeditor – name of Photo Editor
• businessmanager – name of Business Manager
• environmenteditor – name of Environment Editor
• staff – names of Staff writers
• custom_label – position for person with a custom title (must use with |custom=)
• custom – person with a custom title (must use with |custom_label=)
• foundation – or launched date newspaper was founded. Use {{Start date}} or {{start date and age}}
• political – political leanings of the newspaper, e.g. Centre-right, cited to a reliable source. For use only when a newspaper has formally aligned its news coverage with a political party or movement. Do not use the infobox for allegations of bias or descriptions of the opinion page.
• language – language used in the newspaper, usually omitted, if English
• ceased publication – date that a former newspaper ceased publication. Use {{End date}}
• relaunched – date that a newspaper was relaunched
• headquarters – location of the newspaper's headquarters
• publishing_city – city of publication
• publishing_country – unlinked country of publication
• circulation – the newspaper circulation numbers
• circulation_date – the date or period of the newspaper circulation numbers
• circulation_ref – a <ref> tag indicating the source of the value of |circulation= and/or |circulation_date=
• readership – readership
• sister newspapers – names of any sister newspapers
• ISSN – the newspaper's ISSN, e.g. 1085-6706 (automatically linked to https://www.worldcat.org via {{ISSN link}}). Search here or here to find an ISSN
• eISSN – the newspaper's electronic ISSN, e.g. 2165-171X (automatically linked to https://www.worldcat.org via {{ISSN link}}).
• oclc – the newspaper's OCLC number, useful where an ISSN has not been allocated (automatically linked to https://www.worldcat.org)
• RNI – the Office of the Registrar of Newspapers for India number
• website – the newspaper's website, use {{URL}}, i.e. {{URL|www.latimes.com}}
• free – the newspaper's online free archives

Example

Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune

Logo of the Chicago Tribune
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Tribune Publishing
Founder(s)	James Kelly, John E. Wheeler and Joseph K. C. Forrest
Editor-in-chief	Colin McMahon
Managing editor	Christine Wolfram Taylor
General manager	Par Ridder
Opinion editor	Kristen McQueary
Sports editor	Amanda Kaschube
Photo editor	Todd Panagopoulos
Founded	June 10, 1847 (1847-06-10)
Language	English
Headquarters	160 North Stetson Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60601
Country	United States
Circulation	448,930 daily 331,190 Saturday 853,324 Sunday (as of March 31, 2013)
ISSN	1085-6706 (print) 2165-171X (web)
OCLC number	7960243
Website	www.chicagotribune.com

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Chicago Tribune

Logo of the Chicago Tribune
Front page of Chicago Tribune on June 16, 2009
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Tribune Publishing
Founder(s)	James Kelly, John E. Wheeler and Joseph K. C. Forrest
Editor-in-chief	Colin McMahon
Managing editor	Christine Wolfram Taylor
General manager	Par Ridder
Opinion editor	Kristen McQueary
Sports editor	Amanda Kaschube
Photo editor	Todd Panagopoulos
Founded	June 10, 1847 (1847-06-10)
Language	English
Headquarters	160 North Stetson Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60601
Country	United States
Circulation	448,930 daily 331,190 Saturday 853,324 Sunday (as of March 31, 2013)
ISSN	1085-6706 (print) 2165-171X (web)
OCLC number	7960243
Website	www.chicagotribune.com

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TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox newspaper in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Infobox newspaper

TemplateData

This templates generates an infobox to summarize information about a newspaper. Template parameters This template prefers block formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Name name Name of the newspaper. If left blank, it will be inferred from the article title. Default {{{PAGENAMEBASE}}} String suggested Italic title italic title Overrides the infobox adding an italic title Default yes Example no Auto value no Boolean optional Motto motto Motto of the newspaper. Use only if it is closely associated with the newspaper and of historical significance; omit otherwise. String optional Logo logo The logo used by the newspaper File optional Logo border logo_border If 'yes', adds a slight border around the logo Auto value yes Boolean optional Logo alt logo_alt Alt text for the logo String optional Logo upright logo_upright The upright value for the logo Number optional Logo size logo_size Sets the displayed logo size, in pixels Default 250x50px String optional Logo caption logo_caption A caption for the logo Example Logo used since 2012 String optional Image image An image, probably of the front page Example The-Washington-Post-10-June-2020.jpg File optional Image border image_border If 'yes', adds a slight border around the image Auto value yes Boolean optional Image alt image_alt Alt text for the image String optional Image upright image_upright The upright value for the image Number optional Image size image_size Sets the displayed image size, in pixels Unknown optional Caption caption Caption to be displayed below the image String optional Type type Frequency and type, e.g. Daily newspaper Unknown optional Format format Page format, i.e. Broadsheet, Berliner, Tabloid, Compact Example [[Broadsheet]] String optional School name school If the newspaper is for a school, the school it belongs to Example [[Harvard]] Unknown optional Owner(s) owners owner Name of the company, person or family which owns the newspaper String optional Founder(s) founder founders Name of the company or person who founded or directs the newspaper, if "owner" is not appropriate (for instance, in the case of some nonprofits) String optional Publisher publisher Name of Publisher String optional President president Name of President String optional Editor-in-Chief chiefeditor Name of Editor-in-Chief String optional Editor editor Name of Editor String optional Deputy Editor depeditor Name of Deputy Editor String optional Associate Editor assoceditor Name of Associate Editor String optional Managing Editor maneditor maneditors Name of Managing Editor String optional General Manager generalmanager no description Unknown optional News Editor newseditor Name of News Editor String optional Managing Editor, Design managingeditordesign Name of Managing Editor, Design String optional Director of Interactive dirinteractive Name of Director of Interactive String optional Campus Editor campuseditor Name of Campus Editor String optional Campus Chief campuschief Name of Campus Chief String optional Metro Editor metroeditor no description Unknown optional Metro cheif metrochief no description Unknown optional Opinion Editor opeditor Name of Opinion Editor String optional Sports Editor sportseditor Name of Sports Editor String optional Photo Editor photoeditor Name of Photo Editor String optional Staff staff Names of Staff writers String optional Custom label custom_label Specifies a custom position for someone; use with "custom" Example Supervisor of Shenanigans String optional Custom data custom The name of the person in the custom field; use with "custom_label" String optional Found date foundation launched Date newspaper was founded Unknown optional Political alignment political political position Political leanings of the newspaper Example Center-left String optional Language language Language used in the newspaper, usually omitted if English String optional Publication cease ceased publication Date that a former newspaper ceased publication Date optional Relaunched relaunched Date that a newspaper was relauched Date optional Headquarters headquarters Location of the newspaper's headquarters Unknown optional Publishing city publishing_city no description Unknown optional Publishing country publishing_country no description Unknown optional Circulation numbers circulation The newspaper circulation numbers String optional Circulation date circulation_date Shows with circulation numbers, "as of (Date)" Date optional Circulation reference circulation_ref Reference indicating the source of the circulation or circulation date Content optional Readership readership no description Unknown optional Sister newspapers sister newspapers Names of any sister newspapers String optional ISSN ISSN issn The newspaper's ISSN Unknown optional eISSN eISSN eissn The newspaper's eISSN Unknown optional OCLC oclc The newspaper's OCLC Unknown optional RNI RNI no description Unknown optional Website website The newspaper's website Example {{URL|https://nytimes.com}} URL optional Free archives free The newspaper's free online archives String optional

Tracking category

• Category:Pages using infobox newspaper with unknown parameters (0)

See also

• {{Infobox journal}}
• {{Infobox magazine}}
• {{ISSN}}
• {{ISSN link}}
• {{OCLC}}
• {{OCLC search link}}

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