press clipping

Newspaper excerpt saved

A press clipping is an article or item cut from a newspaper or magazine, typically collected because it mentions a person, organization, or topic of interest.

Before digital archives, publicists and researchers maintained files of press clippings to track media coverage: The actress kept a scrapbook of press clippings from her early career.

Also called a newspaper clipping or press cutting (British).

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completeness/scope

press clippingfull page

Covering entire sheet

complete edition · bound volume · newspaper archive

media format

press clippingonline article

Written content on websites

digital content · live coverage · video footage · podcast · social media post

archival status

press clippingrecycled paper

Fiber reprocessed into sheets

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G