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The headline is the text indicating the content or nature of the article below it, typically by providing a form of brief summary of its contents. The large type front page headline did not come into use until the late 19th century when increased competition between newspapers led to the use of attention-getting headlines. It is sometimes termed a news hed, a deliberate misspelling that dates from production flow during hot type days, to notify the composing room that a written note from an editor concerned a headline and should not be set in type.[1] Headlines in English often use a set of grammatical rules known as headlinese, designed to meet stringent space requirements by, for example, leaving out forms of the verb "to be" and choosing short verbs like "eye" over longer synonyms like "consider". A headline's purpose is to quickly and briefly draw attention to the story. It is generally written by a copy editor, but may also be written by the writer, the page layout designer, or ot

Headline - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Text at the top of a newspaper article This article is about newspaper headlines. For other uses, see Headlines (disambiguation) . 1921 headline in the Washington Times : "Airfleet Ordered to W. Va. Battlefield" Journalism News Article ( Headline · Byline · Dateline · Report · Special report · Exclusive · Interview · Column · Editorial · Op-ed ) Writing style ( Five Ws · Inverted pyramid ) Index of journalism articles Beats Arts Business Data Entertainment Environment Fashion Local Medicine Music Politics Science Sports

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