From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishby-lineˈby-line noun [countable] TCNa line at the beginning of an article in a newspaper or magazine that gives the writer’s name
Examples from the Corpus
by-line• She is a financial journalist with her own by-line.• There were no real by-lines on the Bideford Gazette, no printed recognition of who had written the story.• The midfield can not get to the by-line to cross the ball. 