Broadsheet

Broadsheet is a size and format for newspapers, and a descriptive term applied to papers which use that format rather than the smaller tabloid format. (A third, less common format is the Berliner.) Many broadsheets measure roughly 29½ by 23½ inches (74.9 cm × 59.7 cm) per spread, twice the size of a standard tabloid. Australian and New Zealand broadsheets always have a paper size of A1 per spread (84.1cm by 59.4cm).

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Newspaper - Tabloid - Berliner - Inch - Cm - Australia - New Zealand - A1

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Historically, broadsheets were developed when in 1712 a tax was placed on British newspapers based on the number of their pages.

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1712 - Tax - British

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The broadsheet has since emerged as the most popular format for the dissemination of printed news. The world's most widely circulated English language daily broadsheet is The Times of India, a leading English language daily newspaper from India, followed closely by USA Today and The New York Times from the United States, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

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English language - The Times of India - Newspaper - India - USA Today - The New York Times - United States - Audit Bureau of Circulations

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