Who owns the copyright of newspapers?

Newspapers may be incorporated themselves, or may have a parent company that holds all the copyright. Works of newspaper employees would be considered works made for hire, so for example a reporter's story would be controlled by the paper, not the reporter. Syndicated materials such as columns and comic strips would be controlled by the syndicate.

Newspapers and magazines are required to have a block of text referred to as "boilerplate" that lists their corporate structure ("a Conde Nast publication"), their executive board by name, and various other facts. Copyright information can generally be found in the boilerplate.