word choice - Headline Language

Is there a particular term for the abbreviated language used in headlines (the removal of at least articles and conjunctions)?

Answer

Mårdh (1980) refers to this type of language as "headlinese". (Mårdh, Ingrid. 1980. Headlinese: On the grammar of English front page headlines. Malmö: CWK Gleerup.) See also this Wikipedia page.