Editing Newsprint (section)

===Web (width) downsizing===
A newspaper roll's width is called its web width and is defined by how many front pages it can print. A full roll prints four front pages with four back pages behind it (two front and back on each of the two sections). Modern printing facilities most efficiently print newspapers in multiples of eight pages on a full newsprint roll in two sections of four pages each. The two sections are then cut in half.

Faced with dwindling revenue from competition with broadcast, cable, and internet outlets, U.S. newspapers in the 21st century—particularly [[broadsheet]]s—have begun to reduce the width of their newsprint rolls, and hence of the newspapers, across the business.

''[[The Boston Globe]]'' and ''[[USA Today]]'' shifted to a {{convert|50|inch|cm|adj=on}} web in 2000.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/04/business/usa-today-trims-width-and-tones-down-design.html | title=USA Today Trims Width And Tones Down Design | work=New York Times | date=April 4, 2000 | accessdate=January 16, 2024 | author=Carvajal, Doreen}}</ref>

''[[The Guardian]]'' adopted a smaller "Berliner" format in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1560525,00.html |title=New-look Guardian launches on September 12 |work=MediaGuardian |date=1 September 2005 |last1=Cozens |first1=Claire |location=London |publisher=Guardian News and Media}}</ref>

A {{convert|48|inch|cm|adj=on}} web with {{convert|12|inch|cm|adj=on}} page widths was adopted by ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' starting on January 2, 2007.<ref>{{cite news |first=Katharine Q. |last=Seelye |title=In Tough Times, a Redesigned Journal |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/04/business/media/04journal.html |date=2006-12-04 |access-date=2013-03-20}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]''  followed suit on August 6, 2007.<ref>{{cite press release |title=The New York Times Plans to Consolidate New York Print Run at Newest Facility in College Point, Queens and Sublease Older Edison, New Jersey, Printing Plant in Early 2008 |publisher=The New York Times Company |url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=105317&p=irol-pressArticle&ID=883079 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130413172019/http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=105317&p=irol-pressArticle&ID=883079 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-13 |date=2006-07-18 |access-date=2013-03-20 }}</ref>

In 2009, ''[[The Seattle Times]]'' moved from {{convert|50|inch|cm|adj=on}} web to a {{convert|46|inch|cm|adj=on}} web, producing an {{convert|11+1/2|inch|cm|adj=on}} page width.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newsandtech.com/issues/2008/February/nt/02-08_seattle-newsize.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108070826/http://www.newsandtech.com/issues/2008/February/nt/02-08_seattle-newsize.htm | url-status=usurped | archive-date=January 8, 2009 | title=Seattle Times making move to 46-inch web | work=newsandtech.com | accessdate=January 16, 2024}}</ref>