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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. Broadsheet is the largest of the various Newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches or more 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. 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

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 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The term came into use in its current form when The Independent began producing a smaller format edition for London's commuters, designed to be easier to read on the train/tube/bus. The Independent is a British compact Newspaper published by Tony O'Reilly 's Independent News & Media. Commuting is the process of Travelling between one's place of residence and regular place of work A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track ( Permanent way) to transport freight or passengers from one place to another The London Underground is a Metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire

Readers from other parts of the country liked the new format, with the result that The Independent introduced it nationally. Other newspapers (The Times and The Scotsman) copied the format as The Independent increased sales. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. The Scotsman is a Scottish national Newspaper, published in Edinburgh. All three newspapers are now printed exclusively in compact format following trial periods during which both broadsheet and compact version were produced simultaneously.

The term "compact" was coined in the 1970s by the Daily Mail when that newspaper went tabloid, although the Mail now calls itself a tabloid. The Daily Mail is a British newspaper currently published in a tabloid format It is often used to differentiate newspapers with more traditional content from those with a flamboyant or salacious publishing style, even though they may share the same size.

The Courier-Mail, the only daily newspaper in Brisbane, Australia, refers to itself as a "compact" since its change from a broadsheet format to the standard Australian tabloid size in 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.

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List of compact newspapers

Europe

North America

Asia & Oceania

See also

The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily Newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D The Courier-Mail is a daily Newspaper published in Brisbane, Australia. The Herald Sun is a morning Tabloid Newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia Mumbai Mirror is a Compact newspaper in the city of Mumbai. Its first issue was published on 30 May 2005 by the Times Group Kosmo! (uncommonly known as Kosmo) is a Malay language compact format newspaper in Malaysia owned by Utusan Berliner, or " midi " is a Newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 470 mm × 315 mm (18½  in × 12 Broadsheet is the largest of the various Newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches or more 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
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