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 stories and entertainment, often distributed for free (often in a smaller, tabloid-sized newspaper format); or to a newspaper that tends to emphasize sensational crime stories, gossip columns repeating scandalous innuendos about the personal lives of celebrities and sports stars, and other so-called "junk food news" (often in a smaller, tabloid-sized newspaper format). A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. Sensationalism is a manner of being extremely Controversial, loud or attention grabbing A gossip columnist is someone who writes a gossip column in a Newspaper or Magazine, especially a gossip magazine. Junk food news refers to news stories that sensationalize personalize or homogenize relatively inconsequential trivia in the Mass media. As the term "tabloid" has become synonymous with down-market newspapers in some areas, some papers refer to themselves as "Compact" newspapers instead. A compact newspaper is a Broadsheet -quality newspaper printed in a Tabloid format especially in the United Kingdom.
The tabloid newspaper format is particularly popular in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A tabloid format newspaper is roughly 17 by 11 inches (430 mm × 280 mm) per spread. Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. The Millimetre ( American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to This is the smaller of two standard newspaper sizes; the larger newspapers, traditionally associated with 'higher-quality' journalism, are called broadsheets (although some British 'quality' papers have recently adopted the tabloid format; The Guardian being the exception by adopting the Berliner format). Broadsheet is the largest of the various Newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches or more The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. A third major format for newspapers is the Berliner, which is sized between the tabloid and the broadsheet. Berliner, or " midi " is a Newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 470 mm × 315 mm (18½ in × 12
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History
The word "Tabloid" comes from the name given by a pharmaceutical company to a painkiller sold in compressed tablet. The connotation of tabloid was soon applied to other small items and to the "compressed" journalism that condensed stories into a simplified, easily-absorbed format. The label of "tabloid journalism" (1901) preceded the smaller sheet newspapers that contained it (1918).
An early pioneer of tabloid journalism was Alfred Harmsworth (1865-1922), who amassed a large publishing empire of halfpenny papers by rescuing failing stolid papers and transforming them to reflect the popular taste, which yielded him enormous profits. Alfred Charles William Harmsworth 1st Viscount Northcliffe ( 15 July[[ 865]] - 14 August[[ 922]] rose from childhood poverty to become a powerful British newspaper Harmsworth used his tabloids to influence public opinion, for example, by bringing down the wartime government of Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith in the Shell Crisis of 1915. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. Herbert Henry Asquith 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC ( 12 September 1852 &ndash 15 February 1928) served The Shell Crisis of 1915 largely contributed to weakening public appreciation of government of the United Kingdom during World War I because it was widely perceived
International use
United States
This style of journalism and newspaper publishing has been exported to various other countries, including the United States. Journalism is the profession of writing or communicating formally employed by publications and broadcasters for the benefit of a particular Community of people The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The daily tabloids in the United States—which date back to the founding of the New York Daily News in 1919—are generally much less overheated and less oriented towards scandal and sensationalism than their British counterparts. The Daily News of New York City is the fifth most-widely circulated daily Newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 703137 With the exception of the supermarket tabloids (see below), which have little mainstream credibility, the word "tabloid" in the U. 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 S. can refer more to format than to content. The tabloid format is used by a number of respected and indeed prize-winning American papers.
However, since its initial purchase by Rupert Murdoch in 1976, the New York Post has become the exemplar of the brash British-style tabloid in the US, and its competition with the Daily News has become newspaper legend. is gay Bold text' Keith Rupert Murdoch', AC, KCSG (born Melbourne, March 11 1931 usually known as Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-American The New York Post is the 13th-oldest Newspaper published in the United States and generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continually
Prominent US tabloids include nationally the Metro, locally, the Philadelphia Daily News, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, the Boston Herald, the New York Observer, Newsday on New York's Long Island and The Examiner, which is a free newspaper published in San Francisco, Washington, D. The Philadelphia Daily News is a Tabloid newspaper that began publishing on March 31, 1925, under founding editor Lee Ellmaker The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily Newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. The Rocky Mountain News is a Monday-Saturday morning Tabloid -format Newspaper published in Denver Colorado, United States. The Boston Herald is a Tabloid -format Daily newspaper, the smaller of the two big dailies in Boston Massachusetts, United States The New York Observer is a weekly newspaper first published in New York City on September 22, 1987, by Arthur L Newsday is a daily Tabloid -size Pulitzer Prize winning Newspaper that primarily serves Long Island and the New York City C. and Baltimore. (Newsday co-founder Alicia Patterson was the daughter of Joseph Patterson, founder of the New York Daily News. Alicia Patterson (1907 - 1963 was the founder and editor of Newsday, one of the most successful post-war newspapers in the 1940s Joseph Medill Patterson ( January 6, 1879 &ndash May 26, 1946) was an American Journalist and Publisher, grandson of publisher )
Europe
The biggest tabloid (and newspaper in general) in Europe, by circulation, is Germany's Bild-Zeitung, with around 4 million copies (down from above 5 million in the 1980s). Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Bild (formerly Bild-Zeitung, lit Picture Newspaper) is a German Newspaper published by Axel Springer AG. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Although its paper size is bigger, its style was copied from the British tabloids.
In the UK, three previously broadsheet daily newspapers—The Independent, The Times, and The Scotsman—have switched to tabloid size in recent years, although they call it "compact" to avoid the down-market connotation of that word. 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 Independent is a British compact Newspaper published by Tony O'Reilly 's Independent News & Media. 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. A compact newspaper is a Broadsheet -quality newspaper printed in a Tabloid format especially in the United Kingdom. Similarly, when referring to the down-market tabloid newspapers the alternative term "red-top" (referring to their traditionally red-coloured mastheads) is increasingly used, to distinguish them from the up-market compact newspapers.
In the Netherlands, several newspapers have started publishing tabloid versions of their newspapers, including one of the major 'quality' newspapers, NRC Handelsblad, with NRC•Next in 2006. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands NRC Handelsblad, often abbreviated to NRC, is a daily evening Newspaper published in the Netherlands by PCM Uitgevers nrc•next is a Dutch daily Newspaper published in the Netherlands by PCM Uitgevers. Two free tabloid newspapers were also introduced in the early 2000s, 'Metro and Sp!ts, mostly for distribution in public transportation. Metro International is a Swedish media company based in Luxembourg that publishes the Metro newspapers For the Seattle-based band see The Spits. For other uses of spit see Spit (disambiguation In 2007 a third and fourth free tabloid appeared, 'De Pers' and 'DAG'. De Pers (literal translation The Press) is a freely distributed Dutch language Newspaper in the Netherlands, with a circulation DAG (Day was a freely distributed Dutch-language Newspaper in The Netherlands.
In France the Nice Matin, a popular Southern France newspaper changed from Broadsheet to Tabloid on April 8 2006. They changed the printing format in one day after test results showed that 74% liked the Tabloid format compared to Broadsheet.
In Denmark conservative newspaper Berlingske Tidende shifted from Broadsheet to Tabloid format in 2006. Berlingske Tidende is a Danish daily Newspaper. Founded in 1749 by Ernst Henrich Berling, it is the oldest Danish newspaper still
Other countries
In the People's Republic of China, Chinese tabloids have exploded in popularity since the mid-1990s and have tested the limits of press censorship by taking editorial positions critical of the government and by engaging in critical investigative reporting. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Chinese tabloid refers to a Newspaper format that became extremely popular in the People's Republic of China in the mid-1990s
In Canada, many of the Sun Media newspapers are in tabloid format. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Sun Media Corporation is the owner of several widely read Tabloid Newspapers in Canada. There is also The Province, which is a tabloid in British Columbia, and has no connections to Sun Media. The Province is a daily Newspaper published in British Columbia by the Pacific Newspaper Group Inc, a CanWest Global Communications The Canadian publisher Black Press publishes newspapers in both tabloid (10 1/4" wide by 14 1/2" deep) and what it calls "tall tab" format, where the latter is 10 1/4" wide by 16 1/4" deep, larger than tabloid but smaller than the broadsheets it also publishes. Black Press is a Publication company that produces major Newspapers in the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia in Canada [1]
When a tabloid is defined as "roughly 17 by 11 inches" and commonly "half the size of a broadsheet," confusion can arise because "Many broadsheets measure roughly 29½ by 23½ inches", half of which is roughly 15" x 12" not 17" x 11". Broadsheet is the largest of the various Newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches or more
In Oman, TheWeek is a free, 48-page, all-colour, independent weekly published from Muscat in the Sultanate of Oman. TheWeek is a free 48-page all-colour independent weekly published from Muscat in the Sultanate of Oman. Oman’s first free newspaper was launched in March 2003 and has now gone on to gather what is believed to be the largest readership for any publication in Oman. Ms Mohana Prabhakar is the managing editor of the publication. TheWeek is audited by BPA Worldwide, which has certified its circulation as being a weekly average of 50,300.
In Georgia, the weekly English-language newspaper The FINANCIAL switched to a compact format in 2005 and doubled the number of pages in each issue. Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between FINANCIAL is the weekly English -language newspaper with offices in Tbilisi, Georgia and Kiev, Ukraine. Other Georgian-language newspapers have tested compact formats in the early 1990s.
In Russia and Ukraine, major English language newspapers like the Moscow Times and the Kiev Post use a compact format.
In Argentina, one of the country's two main newspapers, Clarín, is a tabloid and in the Southern Philippines, a new weekly tabloid, The Mindanao Examiner, now includes media services, such as photography and video production, into its line as a source to finance the high cost of printing and other expenses. It is also into independent film making.
In Australia - The Advertiser, Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph, The Courier Mail (All News Ltd papers), The West Australian
In India - Mid-Day and Afternoon are the leading tabloids. The Herald Sun is a morning Tabloid Newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia The Daily Telegraph is a Tabloid Newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Nationwide News, part of News The Courier-Mail is a daily Newspaper published in Brisbane, Australia. The West Australian (often simply called The West) is the only locally-edited daily newspaper published in Perth Western Australia, and is owned by Mid-Day is particularly known for publishing sensationalizing stories about celebrities.
As a weekly alternative newspaper
The more recent usage of the term 'tabloid' refers to weekly or semi-weekly newspapers in tabloid format. Many of these are essentially straightforward newspapers, publishing in tabloid format, because subway and bus commuters prefer to read smaller-size newspapers due to lack of space. These newspapers are distinguished from the major daily newspapers, in that they purport to offer an "alternative" viewpoint, either in the sense that the paper's editors are more locally-oriented, or that the paper is editorially independent from major media conglomerates.
Other factors that distinguish "alternative" weekly tabloids from the major daily newspapers are their less-frequent publication, and that they are usually free to the user, since they rely on ad revenue. As well, alternative weekly tabloids tend to concentrate on local- or even neighbourhood-level issues, and on local entertainment in the bars and local theatres.
Alternative tabloids can be positioned as upmarket (quality) newspapers, to appeal to the better-educated, higher-income sector of the market; as middle-market (popular); or as downmarket (sensational) newspapers, which emphasize sensational crime stories and celebrity gossip. Downmarket products are goods targeted at lower-income Consumers. In each case, the newspapers will draw their advertising revenue from different types of businesses or services. An upmarket weekly's advertisers are often organic-grocers, boutiques, and theatre-companies while a downmarket's may have those of trade-schools, super-markets, and adult-services, both usually contain ads from local bars, auto-dealers, movie theaters, and a classified-ads section. [2]
As a sensational, gossip-filled newspaper
The term "tabloid" can also refer to a newspaper that tends to emphasize sensational crime stories, gossip columns about the personal lives of celebrities and sports stars, and junk food news. Sensationalism is a manner of being extremely Controversial, loud or attention grabbing A gossip columnist is someone who writes a gossip column in a Newspaper or Magazine, especially a gossip magazine. Junk food news refers to news stories that sensationalize personalize or homogenize relatively inconsequential trivia in the Mass media. Often, tabloid newspaper allegations about the sexual practices, drug use, or private conduct of celebrities is borderline defamatory; in many cases, celebrities have successfully shown that tabloid stories have defamed them, and sued for libel. It is this sense of the word that led to some entertainment news programs to be called tabloid television. Tabloid television is similar to Tabloid Newspapers Tabloid television newscasts usually incorporate flashy graphics
Tabloid newspapers in Britain, collectively called the "tabloid press", tend to be simply and sensationally written, and to give more prominence than broadsheets to celebrities, sports, crime stories and even hoaxes; they also more readily take a political position (either left-wing or right-wing) on news stories, ridiculing politicians, demanding resignations and predicting election results. A celebrity is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention A hoax is a deliberate attempt to Dupe, Deceive or trick an audience into believing or accepting that something is real when in fact it is not or that In Politics, right-wing, the political right, and the Right are positions that uphold traditional values and/or authorities The term red top [3] refers to tabloids with red nameplates, such as The Sun, the Daily Star, the Daily Mirror and the Daily Sport, and distinguishes them from the black top Daily Express and Daily Mail. A name plate identifies and displays a person or product's name The Sun is a Tabloid daily newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Ireland with the highest circulation of any daily English-language The Daily Mirror, often referred to simply as The Mirror, is a British Tabloid daily Newspaper founded in 1903 The Daily Sport is a Tabloid Newspaper published in the United Kingdom by Sport Newspapers, owned by the pornographer The Daily Express is a conservative Middle-market British Tabloid Newspaper. The Daily Mail is a British newspaper currently published in a tabloid format Red top newspapers are usually simpler in writing style, dominated by pictures, and directed at the more sensational end of the market. Tabloid newspapers are sometimes pejoratively called the gutter press.
Most major supermarket tabloids in the U. 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 S. are published by American Media, Inc., including The National Enquirer, Star, The Globe, National Examiner, ¡Mira!, Sun, Weekly World News and Radar. American Media Inc, is a publisher of a number of major United States -based magazines and Supermarket tabloids Company background American Media's The National Enquirer (also commonly known as the Enquirer) is an American supermarket tabloid now published by American Star is a magazine specializing in celebrity gossip and scandals Globe is a Supermarket tabloid published in North America. It was founded in 1954 in Montreal, Canada as Midnight The National Examiner is a Supermarket tabloid owned by the American Media Corporation. Sun is a Supermarket tabloid owned by American Media Inc. Its contents have often come under question The Weekly World News ( WWN) (wwwweeklyworldnewscom is a news source that has inspired musicals ("Bat Boy The Musical" books ("Bat Boy
References
External links
- A lecture on modern tabloids by Robb Montgomery at The World Editors Forum
- Wellcome trademark 1884
Dictionary
tabloid
-noun
- A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of the standard format, especially one that favours stories of a sensational nature over more serious news.
-adjective
- In the format of a tabloid.
- Relating to a tabloid or tabloids.
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