Tabloid


 

A tabloid is a newspaper format particularly popular in the United Kingdom. A tabloid format newspaper is roughly 23½ by 14 3/4 inches (597 mm × 375 mm) per spread. This is the smaller of two standard newspaper sizes; the larger newspapers, associated with higher-quality journalism, are called broadsheets. A third major format for newspapers is the Berliner, which is sized between the tabloid and the broadsheet. The phrase tabloid press is used to refer to newspapers focusing on less "serious" content, especially celebrities, the British Royal Family, sports, and sensationalist crime stories, though in recent years several "mainstream" newspapers have begun printing in the tabloid format (see below). The term red top (as in News International red tops sweep the board) is also used in Britain for these less serious newspapers, on account of the red mastheads used by most of them.

Famous tabloids

United Kingdom

Daily tabloids

Sunday tabloids

Compacts and others

The Independent, a broadsheet in terms of content, began producing an alternative, tabloid-sized edition (with the same content as the main paper) in October 2003. The Times followed suit the following month. Since 17 May 2004, The Independent has been published in tabloid format only, billing itself as the "only quality compact" perhaps as a mocking jibe at The Times or the Daily Mail (which considers itself a quality newspaper). However, The Times hit back, pointing to its higher circulation, with a slogan "the no. 1 quality compact" and phased out the broadsheet format completely as of November 1 2004. The idea is to appeal to commuters who can read the smaller paper more easily on public transport. Subsequently, The Guardian changed to a "Berliner" or "midi" format on 12 September 2005. This is a format new to the UK, slightly larger than the traditional British tabloid, for which The Guardian needed to buy and install completely new printing presses from MAN Roland of Germany.

Related Topics:
The Independent - The Times - 17 May - 2004 - Compact - Daily Mail - November 1 - Commuters - Public transport - The Guardian - Berliner - Midi - 12 September - 2005 - MAN Roland - Germany

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