masthead

Etymology

mast + head

noun

1. (nautical) The top of a mast.
2. (US) A list of a newspaper or other periodical's main staff, contributing writers, publisher, circulation, advertising rates etc.
3. (UK, Australia) The title (normally in a large and distinctive font) of a newspaper or other periodical at the top of the front page; (by extension) the publication itself or the rights to it.
   Maree said she felt worse after articles were written about the video, including by this masthead. 2022-07-14, Stephen Johnson, “Aussie woman given flowers in viral stunt blasts TikTok star”, in Mail Online
4. (television, by extension) The logo of a broadcaster used in an ident.

verb

1. (transitive, nautical) To send to the masthead as a punishment.
   “I was mast-headed, sir.” “Mast-headed! how - for what?” 1838, Frederick Marryat, Rattlin the Reefer
   When the ship happened to be in a warm climate, mastheading constituted a fairly mild punishment; indeed, many regarded it as rather a relief from duty. But in inclement weather the experience was most unpleasant. 2009, Gregory Fremont-Barnes, Nelson's Officers and Midshipmen, page 30
2. (transitive) To furnish (a newspaper) with a masthead.
   It was mastheaded as "Palatka's Only Independent Home-Owned Newspaper." 1991, John Costello, Ten Days to Destiny, page 542