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In some countries, particular formats have associations with particular types of newspaper; for example, in the United Kingdom, there is a distinction between "tabloid" and "broadsheet" as references to newspaper content quality, which originates with the more popular newspapers using the tabloid format; hence "tabloid journalism".
Tabloid journalism is a popular style of largely sensationalist journalism, which takes its name from the tabloid newspaper format: a small-sized newspaper also known as a half broadsheet. [1] The size became associated with sensationalism, and tabloid journalism replaced the earlier label of yellow journalism and scandal sheets . [ 2 ]
The first major Swedish newspaper to leave the broadsheet format and start printing in tabloid format was Svenska Dagbladet, on 16 November 2000.As of August 2004, 26 newspapers were broadsheets, with a combined circulation of 1,577,700 and 50 newspapers were in a tabloid with a combined circulation of 1,129,400.
The 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 Guardian switched to the "Berliner" or "midi" format found in some other European countries (slightly larger than a traditional tabloid) on 12 September 2005.
A tabloid is a newspaper format characterized by its compact size, smaller than a broadsheet. The term originates from the 19th century, when the London -based pharmaceutical company Burroughs Wellcome & Co. used the term to describe compressed pills , later adopted by newspapers to denote condensed content.
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The Sun was the first successful penny daily newspaper in the United States, and was for a time, the most successful newspaper in America. [3] [4] The paper had a central focus on crime news, in which it was a pioneer, and was the first journal to hire a police reporter. [5] [6] Its audience was primarily working class readers.
Format: format: Page format, i.e. Broadsheet, Berliner, Tabloid, Compact. Example [[Broadsheet]] String: optional: School name: school: If the newspaper is for a school, the school it belongs to. Example [[Harvard]] Unknown: optional: Owner(s) owners owner: Name of the company, person or family which owns the newspaper. String: optional ...