Newspapers of Public Record
The first type of newspaper of record is often formally defined by a statute or other official action of a governing body. Such a newspaper is supposed to be available to the public, and publication of notices in that newspaper is considered sufficient to comply with legal requirements for public notice. In some jurisdictions, these newspapers are referred to as gazettes (for example, the Canada Gazette, the London Gazette and The Government of The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette). A newspaper designated by the courts for publication of legal notices, such as notices of fictitious business names, is referred to in some jurisdictions as a "legally adjudicated newspaper".
In some jurisdictions, privately-owned newspapers may register with the public authorities in order to publish public and legal notices.
A variation of this type are those newspapers controlled by governments or political parties that serve as official newspapers of record reflecting the positions of their controlling bodies. State organs such as the Soviet-era Izvestia (the name of which translates to "delivered messages", derived from the verb izveshchat which means "to inform", "to notify") and the People's Daily in China are examples of this type.
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