Tech Tabloid
Encyclopedia
A Tech tabloid is a type of news media that mainly concentrates on technology news: science, IT, semiconductors, telecoms and related issues, but also takes on a less formal and more humorous approach than traditional technology publications such as EE Times
or EDN. They are professional in nature, though, rather than community-based technology news sites such as Digg
or Slashdot
.
newspapers traditionally aim for sensationalist stories, celebrity news and aim for a down-market reader. By the very nature of concentrating on technology, tech tabloids tend to have a much more educated and literate readership. The tabloid tag does not apply to the paper format, as many of these publications are web-based only, such as The Inquirer
and The Register
.
The sarcastic, iconoclastic and skeptic tones of these publications is often more akin to publication such as Private Eye
, which would not usually be labelled a tabloid, than to the Page Three tabloid such as The Sun
and the Daily Star.
The Inquirer even, in its 20000th article, refers to itself as "redtop tabloid rags like the INQUIRER", later in the same article calling itself "cheesy
": determining the irony of this is left as an exercise to the reader. Both the Register and the Inquirer do generally have red banners at the top of their home pages.
EE Times
EE Times is an electronics industry newspaper published in the USA by UBM Electronics, a division of United Business Media. Launched in 1972 by Gerard G. Leeds of CMP Publishing. CMP was acquired by United in 1999...
or EDN. They are professional in nature, though, rather than community-based technology news sites such as Digg
Digg
Digg is a social news website. Prior to Digg v4, its cornerstone function consisted of letting people vote stories up or down, called digging and burying, respectively. Digg's popularity prompted the creation of copycat social networking sites with story submission and voting systems...
or Slashdot
Slashdot
Slashdot is a technology-related news website owned by Geeknet, Inc. The site, which bills itself as "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters", features user-submitted and ‑evaluated current affairs news stories about science- and technology-related topics. Each story has a comments section...
.
Tabloid nature
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Tabloid journalism tends to emphasize topics such as sensational crime stories, astrology, gossip columns about the personal lives of celebrities and sports stars, and junk food news...
newspapers traditionally aim for sensationalist stories, celebrity news and aim for a down-market reader. By the very nature of concentrating on technology, tech tabloids tend to have a much more educated and literate readership. The tabloid tag does not apply to the paper format, as many of these publications are web-based only, such as The Inquirer
The Inquirer
The Inquirer is a British technology tabloid website founded by Mike Magee after his departure from The Register in 2001. In 2006 the site was acquired by Dutch publisher Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeverijen...
and The Register
The Register
The Register is a British technology news and opinion website. It was founded by John Lettice, Mike Magee and Ross Alderson in 1994 as a newsletter called "Chip Connection", initially as an email service...
.
The sarcastic, iconoclastic and skeptic tones of these publications is often more akin to publication such as Private Eye
Private Eye
Private Eye is a fortnightly British satirical and current affairs magazine, edited by Ian Hislop.Since its first publication in 1961, Private Eye has been a prominent critic and lampooner of public figures and entities that it deemed guilty of any of the sins of incompetence, inefficiency,...
, which would not usually be labelled a tabloid, than to the Page Three tabloid such as The Sun
The Sun (newspaper)
The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...
and the Daily Star.
The Inquirer even, in its 20000th article, refers to itself as "redtop tabloid rags like the INQUIRER", later in the same article calling itself "cheesy
Cheesy
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": determining the irony of this is left as an exercise to the reader. Both the Register and the Inquirer do generally have red banners at the top of their home pages.