Newspapers with the Berliner format. The British daily The Guardian and weekly The Observer; the French daily Le Monde and monthly Le Monde diplomatique; and the Italian daily La Repubblica. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. The Observer is a British Newspaper published on Sundays In about the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Le Monde (The World is a Le Monde diplomatique (nicknamed "Le Diplo" by its French readers is a monthly publication offering analysis and opinion on politics culture and current affairs la Repubblica (meaning "the Republic" is as of 2006 the largest circulation Italian daily general-interest newspaper. A piece of white A4 paper is placed in front for scale. A series Paper in the A series format has a 1\sqrt{2} aspect ratio although this is rounded to the nearest millimetre

Berliner, or "midi", is a newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 470 mm × 315 mm (18½ in × 12. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. 4 in). The berliner format is slightly taller and marginally wider than the tabloid/compact format; and is both narrower and shorter than the broadsheet format. A tabloid is a Newspaper industry term which refers to a smaller newspaper format per spread to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest A compact newspaper is a Broadsheet -quality newspaper printed in a Tabloid format especially in the United Kingdom. Broadsheet is the largest of the various Newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches or more ^[1]

European newspapers

The Berliner format is used by many European newspapers, including dailies such as Le Monde in France, La Repubblica and La Stampa in Italy, De Morgen in Belgium, and (since September 12, 2005) The Guardian in the UK, and others as Expresso in Portugal. Le Monde (The World is a This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. la Repubblica (meaning "the Republic" is as of 2006 the largest circulation Italian daily general-interest newspaper. La Stampa (literally “The Press” is one of the best-known and most widely sold Italian daily Newspapers Published in Turin, it is distributed Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest De Morgen (The Morning is a Flemish Newspaper with a circulation of 53860. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. The French financial newspaper Les Échos changed to this format in September 2003, and the largest daily papers in Croatia (Večernji list), Serbia (Politika) and Montenegro (Vijesti), are also in this format. The field of finance refers to the concepts of Time, Money and Risk and how they are interrelated Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between Večernji list ( English: Evening paper) is a Croatian daily Newspaper published in Zagreb. Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Politika (Политика is a Serbian Newspaper. It is considered the Serbian Newspaper of record and is the oldest daily on the Montenegro ( British English) Montenegrin / Serbian: PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE LANGUAGES WITHOUT CONSENSUS ON THE TALK PAGE! Vijesti ( Montenegrin Cyrillic: Вијести English translation: The News) is a Montenegrin daily Newspaper and The most recent quality newspapers to join this trend are Le Soir, the main Francophone newspaper in Belgium (15 November 2005), Rio de Janeiro-based Jornal do Brasil (newsstand edition only, April 16, 2006), and the Israeli Haaretz (February 18, 2007). Le Soir (meaning The Evening) is a berliner Belgian newspaper Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rio de Janeiro ("River of January" ˈhiw dʒi ʒʌˈnejɾu in Brazilian Portuguese, /ˈriːoʊ di ʒəˈnɛroʊ/ in English is the second largest city of Brazil Jornal do Brasil, widely known as JB, is a daily Newspaper published by Editora JB in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. (הארץ "The land" referring to the Land of Israel) founded in 1918 is Israel 's oldest Daily newspaper. Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Confusingly, although the Berliner Zeitung is occasionally referred to as simply Berliner, it is not printed in Berliner format — the name refers merely to the city of Berlin, and was originally contrasted with "North German" and "French" sizes in the early 20th century. The Berliner Zeitung, founded in 1945, is a German center-left daily newspaper based in Berlin, published by Berliner Verlag. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. In fact, only two German national dailies use Berliner format: Die Tageszeitung (known as the "Taz"); and the Junge Welt, which, in 2004, abandoned the unique slightly-larger-than-A4 size that had marked it out since the early 1990s. die tageszeitung (referred to commonly as taz) founded in 1978 in Berlin, is a cooperative-owned German daily Newspaper. junge Welt ("Young World" is a Marxist German daily newspaper published in Berlin. A series Paper in the A series format has a 1\sqrt{2} aspect ratio although this is rounded to the nearest millimetre The majority of the national quality dailies use the larger broadsheet format known as "nordisch", measuring 570×400 mm. Broadsheet is the largest of the various Newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches or more

North American newspapers

The daily Journal and Courier newspaper in Lafayette, Indiana began using Berliner format for its daily edition on July 31, 2006. The Lafayette Journal & Courier is a daily Newspaper serving Lafayette, Indiana and surrounding communities Lafayette (ˌlɑːfijˈɛt is a city in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, U The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. This is the first publication in North America to be produced in this format. ^[2]

Indian newspapers

The business daily Mint, a collaboration with the Indian media house, Hindustan Times Media Limited (HTML), and The Wall Street Journal, is the latest to be launched in the Berliner format on February 1, 2007. Mint is a business Newspaper from HT Media Ltd, launched in collaboration with The Wall Street Journal on 1 February 2007 Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The India Today Group has also formed a JV with UK's Daily Mail for a Berliner, which is to be launched by 2007-end. The Daily Mail is a British newspaper currently published in a tabloid format

See also

• Broadsheet
• Compact (newspaper)
• Tabloid
• List of newspapers

References

External links

• How we got the measure of a Berliner (discussing the Guardian's switch to the format)