byliner

[bahy-lahy-ner]

noun

1. a writer important enough to merit a byline.

Word History and Origins

Origin of byliner¹

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45; byline + -er ¹

Example Sentences

And on assignment from the online publication Byliner, Ames wrote a novella-length story, “You Were Never Really Here,” which was adapted into a dark and violent film directed by Lynne Ramsay and starring Joaquin Phoenix that premiered at Cannes in 2017.

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Also at the Weekly Standard, David Byliner dissects Democratic electoral performance post-2016, where the party has largely outperformed Hillary Clinton, even deep in Trump country, and raises the possibility that “Democrats are both turning out their voters and bringing some Trump-converts back into the fold.”

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BookShots is like an analog version of digital publishing programs like Amazon’s Kindle Singles, Byliner, The Atavist or Nook Snaps, Barnes & Noble’s experiment with shorter digital content.

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Once the darling of the new-media landscape, long-form nonfiction spawned vibrant startups like the Atavist and Byliner, which garnered glowing publicity and scored major investors.

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Byliner, for example, published Jon Krakauer's expansive and controversial exposé of author and activist Greg Mortenson, "Three Cups of Deceit."

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