A story of major importance or interest that is printed on the front page of a newspaper or other publication. In the US, a front-page story is usually headlined with a bold, eye-catching font and is accompanied by a photo. Typically, front-page stories are the most important news of the day.
The front page of a newspaper often teases other stories inside. For example, the top of a newspaper may contain three stories teasing those to be read on pages 7, 8, and 9.
Front-page is also an internet term for a home page, which is the first page viewed when someone navigates to a website. Microsoft FrontPage is a software application that allows users to create web pages and websites easily, using a “what you see is what you get” (WYSIWYG) editor. FrontPage is part of the Office suite of applications and was available for Windows, Mac OS X, and UNIX operating systems. FrontPage requires a set of proprietary Server Extensions to communicate with servers, and Microsoft has suffered from security problems associated with these extensions.
In 2014, Backpage became the focus of a high-profile FBI investigation into its adult services sections, after three Jane Does filed a lawsuit accusing the site of facilitating sex trafficking by allowing and encouraging traffickers to post ads that used the victims’ faces without their consent. Ultimately, Backpage’s founder and CEO, Carl Ferrer, pleaded guilty to charges of facilitating prostitution and other crimes related to human trafficking, and the company shut down its site.
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