Talk:Tabloid (newspaper format)

Proposed split
I would like to propose splitting this article into two. One for the physical format and another for the style of journalism. Perhaps the format article could be about the various formats/paper sizes as a group rather than only about the tabloid size. Disambiguate if neccessary. Roger (talk) 07:21, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
 * You have a point since it appears that in recent years, at least in Europe, even the more serious newspapers have started using the tabloid format because readers think that the broadsheet format is more clumsy and difficult to handle, if you understand what I mean. In Sweden I don't think there's a singe broadsheet newspaper left. The traditional broadsheet newspapers all switched to the tabloid format, without changing the style of journalism. These days, claiming that all newspapers using the tabloid format are also using "tabloid journalism" is clearly wrong. Jiiimbooh (talk) 10:23, 22 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Split declined. The relationship between the size and the journalism is better dealt with in context in the same article rather than requiring a reader to look at two separate articles which would of necessity have to duplicate most of the material. If the section on tabloid journalism grows it would then be appropriate to split it out into a standalone article per WP:Summary style.  SilkTork  *YES! 19:04, 11 March 2011 (UTC)


 * I agree with the proposers that a split is called for. The issue of a newspaper format and a style of journalism are distinct, despite the overlaps. There are many fine tabloid papers in in the US and Europe which do not engage in "tabloid journalism", and that style is not limited to newspapers which use that format, or even just to newspapers. See Tabloid television, which would be a good merge candidate to Tabloid journalism.   Will Beback    talk    00:06, 12 May 2011 (UTC)


 * I've gone ahead and made the split. The issues of format and journalistic style are separate, though intertwined. One thing that the split highlights is that the material on tabloid journalism had barely any sources, despite it's importance.   Will Beback    talk    23:54, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Merge for 'Red Tops'
I'd suggest not - the connotations of 'tabloid' have had to shift since more 'quality press' have re-sized, so 'redtop' is a useful separator/distinguisher and belongs no more under 'tabloid' than it does 'newspapers' in general.

212.42.189.185 (talk) 16:26, 17 May 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree that the terms "red top" and "tabloid" need to be distinguished, but there is not enough information at Red top to warrant a separate article rather than a few paragraphs here. As such, I agree with the merge proposal. -- Smjg (talk) 23:40, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Merge Tabloid and Tabloid journalism
Tabloid journalism is essentially a definition and description of a form of journalism connected with Tabloid newspapers. In talking about one, you have to talk about the other. There may come a time when the two articles can be split, but not at the moment. Tabloid journalism is unsourced and relies on assertion and original research, and has to refer back to the Tabloid article. The bulk of the material currently in Tabloid journalism belongs in Tabloid, such as the Supermarket tabloid section, the Red top section, and the brief History section. The rest is a description of the sort of journalism found in tabloids, and such a description is useful in Tabloid.  SilkTork  *Tea time 23:33, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
 * If it's unsourced, sofixit. This article should be a dab really. The format is far less notable than the genre, worldwide. FuFoFuEd (talk) 07:37, 12 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Oppose Tabloid is a disambiguation page and should remain so. There are six articles currently in the disambiguation link list and only half of them are related to newspapers and journalism, the others are a tv series, a documentary film and an aircraft. Tabloid journalism is clearly distinct from the paper size or the newspaper format. Not all "gutter press" publications are printed on the specific size of paper and not all tabloid format newspapers contain gutter press reportage. It took quite a lot of work to separate out the different concepts in the first place - just take a look further up this talk page. This proposal would simply undo all that work and result in a mixed up article that is unclear about what its exact subject is. Roger (talk) 08:35, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment Tabloid has over 2,500 incoming links, which is five times as many as any other disambiguation page. (Source: Toolserver.)  Disambiguating these references will be challenging and carries a risk of accidentally accusing a tabloid-sized but reputable newspaper of tabloid journalism. Certes (talk) 15:26, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Now down to about 20; well done! Certes (talk) 20:43, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose Despite sharing the world "Tabloid" in their titles the two articles are about very distinctly different concepts. MikeWigg (talk) 22:43, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose. They are distinct topics.   Will Beback    talk    02:47, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

" the Daily Mail boasts a mostly bigoted female readership"
Is that so? What a strange fact to be proud of! Or is it that the two alliterating words 'boast' and 'bigoted' do not really go well together? --Marschner (talk) 12:57, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Image Crop
The bottom shelf of the image at the beginning of the article shows Berliner sized newspapers like the guardian, i think the image should be cropped.--In Allah We Trust (talk) 17:39, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Early U.S. tabloid format daily newspapers.
"In the United States, daily tabloids date back to the founding of the New York Daily News in 1919, followed by the New York Daily Mirror and the New York Evening Graphic in the 1920s."

Both the Boston Daily Advertiser (1921) and the Illustrated Daily News (Los Angeles, 1923) were in tabloid format before the New York Daily Mirror (1924) or the New York Evening Graphic (1924) were published. Pikabruce (talk) 21:56, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

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style of journalist
In line 3 (including the header) it says: "This article is about the printing format. For the style of journalist, see Tabloid journalism." Shouldn't it rather be "style of journalism"? Steue (talk) 23:17, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Massive fork of tabloid journalism article
Is there any reason to retain the material about what gets printed on tabloid format paper? It means most of this article as it stands will be deleted. But to let it stand is a serious WP:FORK violation.

Unless someone can present a convincing case within the next week or so for having two articles saying essentially the same thing, I will prune very heavily. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 23:08, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * What I had in mind was the sober style used by the Berliner (format) article but have concluded that it is too messy to disentangle. Anyone else fancy their chances? I think it has to be someone with industry experience. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 10:58, 25 July 2022 (UTC)