byline

English

Alternative forms

• by-line (British)

Etymology

From by +‎ line.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪlaɪn/
• Rhymes: -aɪlaɪn

Noun

byline (plural bylines)

1. (journalism) A line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article carrying the writer's name.
   • 2024 April 22, Matt Stevens, Shivani Gonzalez, “Taylor Swift Has Given Fans a Lot. Is It Finally Too Much?”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Paste Magazine opted not to put a byline on its harsh review of Swift’s album, citing safety concerns for the writer.

2. (sports) A touchline.

Related terms

• headline
• dateline

See also

• Glossary of journalism: Article components

Verb

byline (third-person singular simple present bylines, present participle bylining, simple past and past participle bylined)

1. (journalism, transitive) To provide (an article) with a byline.
   • 2020, Colin Elman, John Gerring, James Mahoney, editors, The Production of Knowledge: Enhancing Progress in Social Science, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, footnote 34, page 416:

     Mitchell, Lange and Brus (2013) find that in a top international relations Journal^[sic]—ISQ—83 percent of men's citation are to research bylined by just men, while 57 percent of women's citations are to articles bylined by just men (table 2).

Anagrams

• Binley, Nibley