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).

UK broadsheets

In the UK, one major daily broadsheet is distributed nationwide, and four on a Sunday: two generally on the right wing politically, and two more left wing.:

Related Topics:
UK - Right wing - Politically - Left wing

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• The Daily Telegraph/Sunday Telegraph (right-wing)
• The Sunday Times (The Times is now a tabloid / compact, both are centre-right)
• The Independent on Sunday (The Independent is now a tabloid / compact, both are centre-left)
• The Observer (The Guardian is now printed in Berliner format, both are left-wing)

Other prominent UK broadsheets include The Herald, which is not a true national newspaper, as it is mostly distributed in Scotland. The Financial Times is also printed and sold in other countries; as the British equivalent of the Wall Street Journal, it lends its most detailed attention to financial news.

Related Topics:
The Herald - Scotland - Financial Times - Wall Street Journal

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The average circulation of the Times is around 661,000 and the Telegraph sells 908,000 copies daily, while the circulations of the Guardian and Independent are more approximately 380,000 and 265,000. The Financial Times sells over 400,000 copies, the Scotsman maybe 70,000 (all figures July 2004).

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