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This article is about the newspaper format. For the Irish current affairs programme, see Broadsheet (Irish TV series). Broadsheet was a current affairs programme broadcast on RTÉ during the early 1960s
Newspaper sizes in August 2005. Le Monde is in the Berliner format. The Guardian is in the British broadsheet format (or was, until September 2005), whereas the Daily Mail is a tabloid, and The Times a "compact". Berliner Zeitung and Neues Deutschland are of sizes between broadsheet and Berliner. A piece of white A4 paper is placed in front for scale.
Newspaper sizes in August 2005. Le Monde is in the Berliner format. Le Monde (The World is a Berliner, or " midi " is a Newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 470 mm × 315 mm (18½  in × 12 The Guardian is in the British broadsheet format (or was, until September 2005), whereas the Daily Mail is a tabloid, and The Times a "compact". The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. The Daily Mail is a British newspaper currently published in a tabloid 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 The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. A compact newspaper is a Broadsheet -quality newspaper printed in a Tabloid format especially in the United Kingdom. Berliner Zeitung and Neues Deutschland are of sizes between broadsheet and Berliner. The Berliner Zeitung, founded in 1945, is a German center-left daily newspaper based in Berlin, published by Berliner Verlag. Neues Deutschland (ND ( English: New Germany is a national German daily 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

Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches or more). A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of matter, from ballads to political satire. Popular Prints is a term for printed images of generally low artistic quality which were sold cheaply in Europe and later the New World from the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries often A ballad is a Poem usually set to Music; thus it often is a story told in a Song. The first broadsheet newspaper was the Dutch Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c. published in 1618. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Courante uyt Italien Duytslandt &c was the first Dutch Newspaper.

Other common newspaper formats include the smaller Berliner and Tabloid/Compact formats. Berliner, or " midi " is a Newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 470 mm × 315 mm (18½  in × 12 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.

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Description

Many broadsheets measure approximately 29½ by 23½ inches (74. Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. 9 cm × 59. A centimetre ( American spelling: centimeter, symbol cm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one hundredth 7 cm) per full broadsheet spread, twice the size of a standard tabloid. Australian and New Zealand broadsheets always have a paper size of A1 per spread (84. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island A series Paper in the A series format has a 1\sqrt{2} aspect ratio although this is rounded to the nearest millimetre 1 cm by 59. 4cm).

In the United States the traditional dimensions for the front page half of a broadsheet are 15 inches wide by 22¾ inches long. However in efforts to save newsprint costs many U. Newsprint is low-cost non-archival Paper most commonly used to print Newspapers plus other publications and advertising material S. newspapers (including The Wall Street Journal) are downsizing to 12 inches wide by 22¾ inches long for a folded page.

Many rate cards and specification cards refer to the "broadsheet size" with dimensions representing the front page "half of a broadsheet" size, rather than the full, unfolded broadsheet spread. Some quote actual page size and others quote the "printed area" size.

The two versions of the broadsheet are:

In uncommon instances an entire newspaper can be a two-page half broadsheet or four-page full broadsheet. Totally self-contained advertising circulars inserted in a newspaper in the same format are referred to as broadsheets.

Broadsheets typically are also folded horizontally in half to accommodate newsstand display space. The horizontal fold however does not affect the page numbers and the content remains vertical. The most important newspaper stories are placed "above the (horizontal) fold. " This contrasts with tabloids which typically do not have a horizontal fold (although tabloids usually have the four page to a sheet spread format).

Historically, broadsheets developed after the British in 1712 placed a tax on newspapers based on the number of their pages. The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a State in northwest Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1800 Larger formats, however, had long been signs of status in printed objects, and still are in many places, and outside Britain the broadsheet developed for other reasons, including style and authority, unrelated to the British tax structure.

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 The New York Times from the United States, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The Times of India ( TOI) is a leading English-language Broadsheet Daily newspaper in India. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Audit Bureau of Circulations ( ABC) of North America is a not-for-profit circulation-auditing organization

Printing considerations

Modern printing facilities most efficiently print broadsheet sections in multiples of eight pages (with four front pages and four back pages). The broadsheet is then cut in half during the process. Thus the newsprint rolls used are defined by the width necessary to print four front pages. The width of a newsprint roll is called its web. Thus the new 12 inch wide frontpage broadsheet newspapers in the United States use a 48-inch web newsprint roll.

With profit margins narrowing for newspapers in the wake of competition from broadcast, cable television, and the internet, newspapers are looking to standardize the size of the newsprint roll. The Wall Street Journal with its 15-inch wide frontpage was printed on 60-inch web newsprint. Early adopters in the downsizing of broadsheets initially used a 50-inch web (12½ inch front pages). However the 48-inch web is now rapidly becoming the definitive standard in the U. S. The New York Times held out on the downsizing until July 2006, saying it would stick to its 54-inch web (13½ inch front page). However, the paper adopted the narrower format beginning Monday, August 6, 2007.

The smaller newspapers also have the advantage of being easier to handle particularly among commuters.

Connotations

In some countries, especially the UK and USA, broadsheet newspapers are commonly perceived to be more intellectual in content than their tabloid counterparts, using their greater size to examine stories in more depth, while carrying less sensationalist and celebrity material. Sensationalism is a manner of being extremely Controversial, loud or attention grabbing A celebrity is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention This distinction is most obvious on the front page: whereas tabloids tend to have a single story dominated by a headline, broadsheets allow two or more stories to be displayed, the most important at the top of the page - "above the fold. " Above the fold " is a Graphic design concept that refers to the location of an important News story or a visually appealing Photograph on the " In other countries, such as Spain, a small format is the universal for newspapers - a popular, sensational press has had difficulty taking root - and the tabloid size has no such connotations.

Thus, the distinction regarding specific content is at best a generalization, and the term "tabloid" technically refers only to the paper's size. Serious newspapers in tabloid format, "El País" in Spain and others in Italy, do not make the distinction. El País ( Spanish for "The Country" is the most widely-circulated Daily newspaper in Spain. Some tabloid-format papers (such as the Daily Mail and Daily Express in the UK) use phrases such as "broadsheet quality in a tabloid format" in an attempt to distinguish themselves from their "tabloid" reputation. The Daily Mail is a British newspaper currently published in a tabloid format The Daily Express is a conservative Middle-market British Tabloid Newspaper. In addition, broadsheets often publish supplements, such as sports reviews and less news-oriented content (e. g. the Guardian's "G2" (formerly) or the Times's "Times 2"), in tabloid format.

On the other hand, a few newspapers, such as the German Bild-Zeitung and others throughout central Europe are unashamedly tabloid in content, but still use the physical broadsheet format. The Bild (formerly Bild-Zeitung, lit Picture Newspaper) is a German Newspaper published by Axel Springer AG.

UK broadsheets

In the UK, one major daily broadsheet is distributed nationwide, and two on a Sunday:

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. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located For "The Daily Telegraph" in Australia see The Daily Telegraph (Australia. The Sunday Telegraph is a British Broadsheet newspaper, founded in 1961 The Sunday Times is a Sunday Broadsheet Newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. A compact newspaper is a Broadsheet -quality newspaper printed in a Tabloid format especially in the United Kingdom. The Financial Times ( FT) is a British international business Newspaper. These UK broadsheets have been used for Millwall bricks.

The average circulation of the Times is around 656,000 and the Telegraph sells 908,000 copies daily, while the circulations of the Guardian and Independent, both of them previously published in broadsheet format, are approximately 380,000 and 240,000. A Millwall brick is an improvised weapon made of a manipulated Newspaper. The Financial Times sells over 440,000 copies, the Scotsman approximately 70,000 (all figures July 2006).

The Herald and The Press and Journal are Scottish broadsheets, though the latter is not a true national newspaper as it is mostly just distributed in North-East Scotland. The Herald is a national Broadsheet newspaper published Monday to Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland. The Press and Journal, often called the P&J, is a daily regional Newspaper serving the northern areas of Scotland including the cities Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

Switch to smaller sizes

In 2003 The Independent started concurrent production of both broadsheet and tabloid ("compact") editions, carrying exactly the same content. A compact newspaper is a Broadsheet -quality newspaper printed in a Tabloid format especially in the United Kingdom. The Times did likewise, but with less apparent success, with readers vocally opposing the change. The daily Independent ceased to be available in broadsheet format in May 2004, and The Times followed suit from November 2004; The Scotsman is also now published only in tabloid format. The Scotsman is a Scottish national Newspaper, published in Edinburgh. The Guardian switched to the "Berliner" or "midi" format found in some other European countries (slightly larger than a traditional tabloid) on 12 September 2005. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Berliner, or " midi " is a Newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 470 mm × 315 mm (18½  in × 12 Berliner, or " midi " is a Newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 470 mm × 315 mm (18½  in × 12 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 Courier-Mail, the only daily newspaper in Brisbane, Australia, also changed from broadsheet to tabloid format on March 13, 2006. The Courier-Mail is a daily Newspaper published in Brisbane, Australia. Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The only Malaysian broadsheet, New Straits Times, also changed to tabloid in March 2005. For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and The New Straits Times is a Malaysian Newspaper. It is Malaysia's oldest newspaper still in print (though not the first having been founded as

The main motivation cited for this shift is that commuters prefer papers which they can hold easily on public transport, and it is presumably hoped that other readers will also find the smaller formats more convenient. Commuting is the process of Travelling between one's place of residence and regular place of work It remains to be seen how this shake-up will affect the usage of the term "broadsheet". Notably, the Daily Telegraph increased its lead in circulation over The Times when the latter switched to compact size - this is attributed to the backlash of traditional broadsheet readers. For "The Daily Telegraph" in Australia see The Daily Telegraph (Australia. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register.

Notable broadsheets

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Australia

Brazil

Almost all Brazilian newspapers are broadsheets, including major publications like:

Canada

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Denmark

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Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Finland

Germany

Greece

Hong Kong

Hungary

India

Almost all major newspapers in India are broadsheets. La Nación is an Argentine daily Newspaper. It is on the right of the political spectrum with the centrist Clarín being its main The Age is a Broadsheet daily Newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854 Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 The Australian, also referred to as The Oz, is a Broadsheet Newspaper published in Australia Monday through Saturday each The Canberra Times Newspaper was founded in 1926 in Canberra, Australia by Arthur Shakespeare. The Sydney Morning Herald ( SMH) is a daily Broadsheet Newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 O Globo is a Brazilian newspaper based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 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. Rio de Janeiro ("River of January" ˈhiw dʒi ʒʌˈnejɾu in Brazilian Portuguese, /ˈriːoʊ di ʒəˈnɛroʊ/ in English is the second largest city of 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. Berliner, or " midi " is a Newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 470 mm × 315 mm (18½  in × 12 Folha de SPaulo is a Portuguese language Newspaper published in São Paulo. São Paulo ( is the largest city in Brazil, with its metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world O Estado de S Paulo ("The State of São Paulo" is a daily Newspaper published in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, and distributed São Paulo ( is the largest city in Brazil, with its metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world The Globe and Mail is a Canadian English language nationally distributed Newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities The National Post is a Canadian English-language national Newspaper based in Don Mills, Ontario, a district of The Toronto Star is Canada 's highest-circulation newspaper though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario. The Gazette, often called the Montreal Gazette to avoid ambiguity is now the only English-language daily Newspaper published in Montreal, Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec La Presse, founded in 1884 is a large-circulation French-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Le Devoir is a French-language Newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and the rest of Canada. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec The Ottawa Citizen is an English -language daily newspaper owned by CanWest Global in Ottawa, Canada. Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. The Winnipeg Free Press is a daily Broadsheet Newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population The Telegram is a daily Newspaper published in St John's Newfoundland and Labrador. St John's (ˌseɪntˈdʒanz French Saint-Jean) is the provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and located on the eastern tip The Edmonton Journal is a daily Newspaper in Edmonton Alberta. Edmonton (ˈɛdmɨntɨn is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. The Calgary Herald is a daily newspaper published in the Canadian city of Calgary Alberta. Calgary (ˈkælgəriː is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada The Vancouver Sun is a daily newspaper first published in the Canadian province of British Columbia on February 12, 1912 Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal The Times & Transcript is New Brunswick 's largest circulation daily newspaper with an average daily readership of approximately 40000 Moncton ( is a Canadian city located in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. The Windsor Star is the regional newspaper of Windsor Ontario (the only daily newspaper in Windsor and Essex County) and is owned by CanWest Global Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and lies at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. El Mercurio is a conservative Chilean newspaper with editions in Valparaíso and Santiago. ˈjylænsˌ pʰʌsd̥n̩ ( English: The Morning Newspaper "The Jutland Post") commonly shortened to Jyllands-Posten or JP This article is about the Danish paper Politiken For the Swedish paper Politiken see Folkets Dagblad Politiken. Listin Diario is one of the leading Newspapers in the Dominican Republic, and the oldest Introducing Dnevni Avaz ( English translation Daily Voice is one of the most popular daily Newspapers Aamulehti is a Finnish Newspaper published in Tampere. It has the second largest circulation of Finnish dailies with an average circulation Helsingin Sanomat is the biggest Subscription Newspaper in Finland. Turun Sanomat is the leading regional Newspaper of the region of Finland Proper. DIE ZEIT (diː tsait in German literally The Time more idiomatically The Times) is a German nationwide weekly Newspaper that Die Welt ( English: The World) is a German national daily newspaper published by the Axel Springer AG company The Süddeutsche Zeitung is one of the largest German Newspapers It is published in Munich. FAZ Building 2jpg|thumb|300px|right| Editorial department building of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ]]The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (English Der Tagesspiegel ("The Daily Mirror" motto "rerum cognoscere causas", or "to know the causes of things" is a Classical liberal Kathimerini ( Greek: Η Καθημερινή meaning "The Daily" is a daily newspaper published in Athens. The South China Morning Post, together with its Sunday edition the Sunday Morning Post, is an English-language Newspaper of Hong Népszabadság is a major left-leaning Hungarian newspaper founded in 1956 Magyar Nemzet is a major Conservative Hungarian newspaper Its name literally means "Hungarian nation" Daily News and Analysis ( DNA) is a daily English newspaper published from Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Surat, Pune The Deccan Herald is the largest English-language daily Newspaper in the Indian state of Karnataka. The Economic Times, launched in 1961 is India's largest financial daily and the world's second largest financial daily after The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Express is a daily newspaper published by the Indian Express group since 1961 The Hindu is a single-edition English-language Indian newspaper Hindustan Times ( HT) is a leading newspaper in India, published since 1924 with roots in the independence movement For bi-furicated southern edition see The New Indian Express The Indian Express is an Indian newspaper owned by Ramnath Goenka The Statesman is among the leading daily Newspapers of India. The Times of India ( TOI) is a leading English-language Broadsheet Daily newspaper in India. Tabloids are mostly found in small circulation local or rural papers.

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Romania

The Netherlands

New Zealand

Pakistan

Panama

Formerly:

Peru

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Poland

Portugal

Russia

Scotland

South Africa

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States

Almost all major U. Expresso is a Portuguese weekly Newspaper. It was founded in 1973 by Francisco Pinto Balsemão and is very popular in the country Lisbon (Lisboa liʒˈboɐ is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. For the Thoroughbred racehorse see Izvestia (horse Izvestia (Известия) is a long-running high-circulation daily Newspaper The Herald is a national Broadsheet newspaper published Monday to Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland. The Press and Journal, often called the P&J, is a daily regional Newspaper serving the northern areas of Scotland including the cities Scotland on Sunday is a Scottish Sunday Newspaper, published in Edinburgh by The Scotsman Publications Ltd and consequently assuming Beeld is an Afrikaans language Daily Newspaper that was launched on 16 September 1974. Cumhuriyet (English Republic) is a centre-left Turkish daily Newspaper, founded on May 7, 1924 by Journalist Radikal is a daily Turkish language newspaper published in Istanbul. Sabah ( Turkish for "Morning" is a popular Turkish Daily newspaper. Hürriyet (meaning Liberty) is an influential high-circulation broadsheet daily Turkish newspaper. Milliyet ( Turkish for " nationality " is a major Turkish Daily newspaper founded in 1950. The Khaleej Times is a daily English language newspaper published in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Financial Times ( FT) is a British international business Newspaper. For "The Daily Telegraph" in Australia see The Daily Telegraph (Australia. The Sunday Telegraph is a British Broadsheet newspaper, founded in 1961 The Sunday Times is a Sunday Broadsheet Newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. S. newspapers are broadsheets, including major publications like:

Vatican City

See also

The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, The Chicago Tribune is a major daily Newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and owned by the Tribune Company The Houston Chronicle is the largest daily Newspaper in Texas, USA. The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed The Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily Newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United The Miami Herald is a daily Newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company headquartered in Downtown Miami Florida. The Oklahoman is the largest daily and statewide Newspaper in Oklahoma and is the only daily newspaper that covers the Oklahoma City area The St Louis Post-Dispatch is the only major city-wide Newspaper in St USA TODAY is a national American daily Newspaper published by the Gannett Company. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D The Kansas City Star is a McClatchy Newspaper based in Kansas City Missouri, in the United States. The Baltimore Sun (officially just The Sun) is Maryland ’s largest general circulation daily newspaper and provides comprehensive coverage The Star Tribune (also Star Trib or Strib, as it is often referred to is the largest Newspaper in the U The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the "PG" is the largest daily Newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, L'Osservatore Romano ( English: The Roman Observer) is the "semi-official" Newspaper of the Holy See. Berliner, or " midi " is a Newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 470 mm × 315 mm (18½  in × 12 A compact newspaper is a Broadsheet -quality newspaper printed in a Tabloid format especially in the United Kingdom. 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 Below are lists of newspapers organized by continent

Dictionary

broadsheet

-noun

  1. A newspaper having pages of standard dimensions (as opposed to a tabloid), especially one carries serious treatment of news.

-adjective

  1. In the format of a broadsheet.
  2. Relating to a broadsheet or broadsheets.
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