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broadside or occasionally
broadsheetBroadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages . 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. The first broadsheet...
is a large sheet of paper printed on one side only and typically used as a poster to announce some event, proclamation or other matter. It also is used to describe newspapers printed on similarly sized paper.
In the UK the only national daily newspaper still printed in a broadsheet format is the Daily Telegraph, all the other serious daily newspapers (except
The GuardianThe Guardian is a British daily newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Founded in 1821, it is unique among major British newspapers in being owned by a foundation .The Guardian Weekly, which circulates worldwide, provides a compact digest of four newspapers...
, which uses the
BerlinerBerliner, or "midi", is a newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 470 mm × 315 mm . The Berliner format is slightly taller and marginally wider than the tabloid/compact format; and is both narrower and shorter than the broadsheet format.-European newspapers:The Berliner...
format) have followed the style of the
red topsIn the United Kingdom, the so-called Red Tops are a group of newspapers who have a red masthead, and who share an emphasis on entertainment news, Celebrities, sports and political scandals...
and are now printed in
tabloidA tabloid is an industry term for a smaller newspaper format per spread; to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest stories and entertainment, often distributed free of charge ; or to a newspaper that tends to sensationalize and emphasize or exaggerate or...
format.
Broadsides have been taken by many small presses and publishers as a fine art offshoot of their work.
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broadside or occasionally
broadsheetBroadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages . 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. The first broadsheet...
is a large sheet of paper printed on one side only and typically used as a poster to announce some event, proclamation or other matter. It also is used to describe newspapers printed on similarly sized paper.
In the UK the only national daily newspaper still printed in a broadsheet format is the Daily Telegraph, all the other serious daily newspapers (except
The GuardianThe Guardian is a British daily newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Founded in 1821, it is unique among major British newspapers in being owned by a foundation .The Guardian Weekly, which circulates worldwide, provides a compact digest of four newspapers...
, which uses the
BerlinerBerliner, or "midi", is a newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 470 mm × 315 mm . The Berliner format is slightly taller and marginally wider than the tabloid/compact format; and is both narrower and shorter than the broadsheet format.-European newspapers:The Berliner...
format) have followed the style of the
red topsIn the United Kingdom, the so-called Red Tops are a group of newspapers who have a red masthead, and who share an emphasis on entertainment news, Celebrities, sports and political scandals...
and are now printed in
tabloidA tabloid is an industry term for a smaller newspaper format per spread; to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest stories and entertainment, often distributed free of charge ; or to a newspaper that tends to sensationalize and emphasize or exaggerate or...
format.
Broadsides have been taken by many small presses and publishers as a fine art offshoot of their work.
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