Editing Tabloid (newspaper format) (section)

==International use==
===Africa===
In [[Morocco]], ''[[Maroc Soir (newspaper)|Maroc Soir]]'', launched in November 2005, is published in tabloid format.<ref name=press>{{cite journal|title=Morocco: New French speaking paper for the younger generation|journal=Press Business|date=February 2006|issue=1|url=http://www.press-business.com/pdf/2006_01_press_business.pdf|access-date=7 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014110104/http://www.press-business.com/pdf/2006_01_press_business.pdf|archive-date=14 October 2013}}</ref>

In [[South Africa]], the Bloemfontein-based daily newspaper ''[[Volksblad]]'' became the first serious broadsheet newspaper to switch to tabloid, but only on Saturdays. Despite the format being popular with its readers, the newspaper remains broadsheet on weekdays. This is also true of Pietermaritzburg's daily, ''The Witness'' in the province of [[KwaZulu-Natal]]. The ''[[Daily Sun (South Africa)|Daily Sun]]'', published by [[Naspers]], has since become South Africa's biggest-selling daily newspaper and is aimed primarily at the black working class.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} It sells over 500,000 copies per day, reaching approximately 3,000,000 readers.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} Besides offering a sometimes satirical view of the seriousness of mainstream news, the ''Daily Sun'' also covers fringe theories and paranormal claims such as [[tikoloshe]]s, ancestral visions and all things supernatural. It is also published as the ''Sunday Sun''.

In [[Mauritius]], the popular afternoon newspaper ''Le Mauricien'' shifted from tabloid (1908–2008) to the [[Berliner (format)|Berliner format]] (2008–2013) and now adopts a compact format with 32 pages during the week and 48 pages on Saturday.

===Asia===
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In [[Bangladesh]], the Daily {{Lang|bn-latn|[[Manab Zamin]]}} became the first and is now the largest circulated Bengali language tabloid in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Daily Manab Zamin - The World's First And Largest Circulated Bengali Tabloid Daily Newspaper. |url=https://www.abc-directory.com/site/4594563 |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=www.abc-directory.com}}</ref><!-- citation needed for physical paper sales, not website impressions -->

In [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], the weekly [[English language|English-language]] newspaper ''[[The Financial]]'' switched to a compact format in 2005 and doubled the number of pages in each issue. Other Georgian-language newspapers have tested compact formats in the early 1990s.

Tabloid journalism is still an evolving concept in India's print media. The first tabloid, ''[[Blitz (newspaper)|Blitz]]''  was started by [[Russi Karanjia]] on February 1, 1941 with the words "Our Blitz, India's Blitz against [[Hitler]]!". ''Blitz'' was first published in English and then branched out with [[Hindi]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and [[Urdu]] versions. In 1974, Russi's daughter Rita founded the ''[[Cine Blitz]]'' magazine. In 2005, ''Times of India'' brought out a dedicated Mumbai tabloid newspaper, ''[[Mumbai Mirror]]'', which gives prominence to Mumbai-related stories and issues. ''[[Tehelka]]'' started as a news portal in 2000. It broke the story about match-fixing in Indian and International Cricket and the sting operation on defence deals in the Indian Army. In 2007, it closed shop and reappeared in tabloid form, and has been appreciated for its brand of investigative journalism. Other popular tabloid newspapers in English media are ''[[Mid-Day]]'', an afternoon newspaper published out of and dedicated to Mumbai and business newspapers like ''[[Mint (newspaper)|MINT]]''. There are numerous tabloids in most of India's official languages. There is an all youth tabloid by the name of TILT – The ILIKE Times.

In Indonesia, tabloids include Bola, ''GO'' (Gema Olahraga, defunct), ''Soccer'' (defunct), ''Fantasy'' (defunct), ''Buletin Sinetron'' (defunct), ''Pro TV'' (defunct), ''Citra'' (defunct), ''Genie'', ''Bintang Indonesia (Indonesian Stars)'', ''Nyata'', ''Wanita Indonesia'' (Women of Indonesia), ''Cek and Ricek'', and ''Nova''.

In Oman, ''[[TheWeek]]'' is a free, 48-page, all-colour, independent weekly published from Muscat in the Sultanate of Oman. Oman's first free newspaper was launched in March 2003 and has now gone on to gather what is believed to be the largest readership for any publication in Oman. Ms Mohana Prabhakar is the managing editor of the publication. ''TheWeek'' is audited by BPA Worldwide, which has certified its circulation as being a weekly average of 50,300.

In Pakistan, ''[[Khabrain]]'' is a tabloid newspaper popular within the lower middle class. This news group introduced a new paper, ''Naya Akhbar'' which is comparably more sensational. At the local level, many sensational tabloids can be seen but, unlike ''Khabrain'' or other big national newspapers, they are distributed only on local levels in districts.

[[List of newspapers in the Philippines#Tabloids|Tabloids in the Philippines]] are usually written in local languages, like [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] or [[Bisayan languages|Bisaya]], one of the listed top Tagalog tabloids is ''Bulgar'', but some are written in English, like the ''[[People's Journal]]'' and ''Tempo''. Like their common journalistic connotations, Philippine tabloids usually report sensationalist crime stories and celebrity gossip, and some tabloids feature topless photos of girls. Several tabloids are vernacular counterparts of English broadsheet newspapers by the same publisher, like ''[[Pilipino Star Ngayon]]'' (''The Philippine Star''), ''[[Inquirer Bandera|Bandera]]'' (''Philippine Daily Inquirer''), and ''Balita'' (''Manila Bulletin''). In the [[Southern Philippines]], a new weekly tabloid, ''The Mindanao Examiner'', now includes media services, such as photography and video production, into its line as a source to finance the high cost of printing and other expenses. It is also into independent film making.

===Europe===
The [[Berliner (format)|Berliner]] format, used by many prominent [[Europe|European]] newspapers, is sized between the tabloid and the broadsheet. In a newspaper context, the term ''Berliner'' is generally used only to describe size, not to refer to other qualities of the publication. The biggest tabloid (and newspaper in general) in Europe, by circulation, is Germany's ''[[Bild]]'', with around 2.5 million copies (down from above 5 million in the 1980s). Although its paper size is bigger, its style was copied from the British tabloids.

In [[Denmark]], tabloids in the British sense are known as 'formiddagsblade' (before-noon newspapers), the two biggest being ''[[B.T. (tabloid)|BT]]'' and {{Lang|da|[[Ekstra Bladet]]}}. The old more serious newspaper ''[[Berlingske Tidende]]'' shifted from broadsheet to tabloid format in 2006, while keeping the news profile intact.

In [[Finland]], the biggest newspaper and biggest daily subscription newspaper in the Nordic countries {{Lang|fi|[[Helsingin Sanomat]]}} changed its size from broadsheet to tabloid on 8 January 2013.

In [[France]], the ''Nice Matin'' (or ''Le Dauphiné''), a popular Southern France newspaper changed from Broadsheet to Tabloid on 8 April 2006. They changed the printing format in one day after test results showed that 74% liked the Tabloid format compared to Broadsheet. But the most famous tabloid dealing with crime stories is ''[[Le Nouveau Détective]],'' created in the early 20th century. This weekly tabloid has a national circulation.

In the [[Netherlands]], several newspapers have started publishing tabloid versions of their newspapers, including one of the major 'quality' newspapers, [[NRC Handelsblad]], with ''[[nrc•next]]'' (ceased 2021) in 2006. Two free tabloid newspapers were also introduced in the early 2000s, '[[Metro International|Metro]] and [[Sp!ts]] (ceased 2014), mostly for distribution in public transportation. In 2007, a third and fourth free tabloid appeared, '[[De Pers]]' (ceased 2012) and '[[DAG (newspaper)|DAG]]' (ceased 2008). [[De Telegraaf]], came in broadsheet but changed to tabloid in 2014.<ref name="Telegraaf op Zondag terug (in Dutch)">{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/22229483/__Telegraaf_op_Zondag_terug__.html |title=Telegraaf op Zondag terug |year=2014 |access-date=22 January 2014}}</ref>

In [[Norway]], close to all newspapers have switched from the broadsheet to the tabloid format, which measures 280 x 400&nbsp;mm. The three biggest newspapers are ''[[Dagbladet]]'', ''[[Verdens Gang|VG]]'', and ''[[Aftenposten]]''.

In [[Poland]], the newspaper ''[[Fakt]]'', sometimes ''[[Super Express (newspaper)|Super Express]]'' is considered as tabloid.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VpPPptHEDEYC&q=Gazeta+Wyborcza+tabloid&pg=PA156 |title=Cathie Burton, Alun Drake, Hitting the headlines in Europe: a country-by-country guide to effective media relations|isbn=9780749442262 |access-date=3 December 2011|last1=Burton |first1=Cathie |last2=Drake |first2=Alun |year=2004 |publisher=Kogan Page Publishers }}</ref>

In the United Kingdom, three previously broadsheet daily newspapers—''[[The Times]]'', ''[[The Scotsman]]'' and ''[[The Guardian]]''—have switched to tabloid size in recent years, and two—''[[Daily Express]]'' and ''[[Daily Mail]]''—in former years, although ''The Times'' and ''The Scotsman'' call the format "[[compact (newspaper)|compact]]" to avoid the down-market connotation of the word ''tabloid''. Similarly, when referring to the down-market tabloid newspapers the alternative term "[[Red Tops|red-top]]" (referring to their traditionally red-coloured mastheads) is increasingly used, to distinguish them from the up- and middle-market compact newspapers. [[Morning Star (British newspaper)|The Morning Star]] also comes in tabloid format; however, it avoids celebrity stories, and instead favours issues relating to [[labour unions]].

===North America===
[[File:Finest picture front page.jpg|thumb|"A photographer's photographer" quote by First Lady [[Florence Harding]], who stated the Edward Jackson's photograph of her was "the best photo ever taken." The photo ran on the entire front page of the February 5, 1921 edition of the ''[[New York Daily News]]''.]]

In [[Canada]] many newspapers of [[Postmedia]]'s ''Sun'' brand are in tabloid format including ''[[The Province]]'', a newspaper for the [[British Columbia]] market.  The Canadian publisher [[Black Press]] publishes newspapers in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta in both tabloid ({{convert|10+1/4|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} wide by {{convert|14+1/2|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} deep) and what it calls "tall tab" format, where the latter is {{convert|10+1/4|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} wide by {{convert|16+1/4|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} deep, larger than tabloid but smaller than the broadsheets it also publishes.<ref>{{cite web |title=2007 Retail Advertising Rates |url=http://www.bcnewsgroup.com/BlackPress/advertising/ratecards/2007_Island_Retail.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327201505/http://www.bcnewsgroup.com/BlackPress/advertising/ratecards/2007_Island_Retail.pdf |archive-date=27 March 2009 }}</ref>

In the [[History of American newspapers|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. Competition among those three for crime, sex and celebrity news was considered a scandal to the mainstream press of the day. The tabloid format is used by a number of respected and indeed prize-winning American papers. Prominent U.S. tabloids include the ''[[New York Post]]'', the ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]'' and  ''[[Newsday]]'' in New York, the ''[[San Francisco Examiner]]'', ''[[The Bakersfield Californian]]'' and ''[[La Opinión]]'' in [[California]], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'' and ''[[The Trentonian]]'' in New Jersey, the ''[[Philadelphia Daily News]]'', the ''[[Delaware County Daily Times]]'' and ''[[The Citizens' Voice]]'', ''[[The Burlington Free Press]]'', ''[[The Oregonian]]'', the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', and the ''[[Boston Herald]]''. US tabloids that ceased publication include Denver's ''[[Rocky Mountain News]]''.

===Oceania===
In [[Australia]], tabloids include ''[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]'', the ''[[Herald Sun]]'', ''[[The Sun-Herald]]'', ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]'', ''[[The Courier Mail]]'', ''[[The West Australian]]'', ''[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]]'', ''[[Hamilton Spectator (Australia)|the Hamilton Spectator]]'', ''The Portland Observer'', ''The Casterton News'' and ''The Melbourne Observer''.

===South America===
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In [[Argentina]], one of the country's two main newspapers, ''[[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]]'', is a tabloid.

In [[Brazil]], many newspapers are tabloids, including sports daily ''[[Lance!]]'' (which circulates in cities such as [[Rio de Janeiro]] and [[São Paulo]]), most publications currently and formerly owned by [[Grupo RBS]] (especially the [[Porto Alegre]] daily ''[[Zero Hora]]''), and, in March 2009, Rio de Janeiro-based ''[[O Dia]]'' switched to tabloid from broadsheet, though, several years later, it reverted to being a broadsheet. Its sister publication, ''Meia Hora'' has always been a tabloid, but in slightly smaller format than ''O Dia'' and ''Lance!''.