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-30 - has been used traditionally by journalists in North America to show the end of a story. Usually found at the end of press release. There are many theories about how that use occurs, e.g. of the use of that number in 92 telegraphic stegraphic codes to mark the end of transmission in the era of the American Civil War. It is included in the Associated Press Phillips Code shortcuts and short marks for general use. It's typically used when writing on deadlines and sending bits at a time to type in, as the way it takes to indicate the end of the article.

In Quebec, a journal of journalism published by FÃÆ'  © ÃÆ'§ÃÆ' professionÃ, ration professionnelle des journalistes du QuÃÆ' © bec is called -trente - , the French word for thirty.

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In popular culture

• -30 - , a 1959 film about working in a Los Angeles newspaper directed by, produced by, and starring Jack Webb.
• "- 30-", the final series of the television series The Wire (2002-2008), ending the season on media and Baltimore Sun .
• "30", an episode of the television series Law & amp; Sequence: Criminal Purpose of a toxic reporter.
• In some Superman stories various titles, the failure of the Daily Planet employee to use this signature proves to be a plot point that reveals impersonation of characters, mind control, etc..
• At the end of the 1952 movie, Park Row , about the birth of the New York Globe in 1886, the movie ends with the word "THIRTY" displayed instead. from "END".

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See also

• Tombstone (typography)
• End-of-file
• End-of-transmission characters
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References

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