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London Times goes tabloid after 216 years
Ha'aretz, Israel ^
| October 31, 2004
| AP
Posted on 10/31/2004 4:00:44 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
The venerable Times of London published its final edition as a broadsheet newspaper yesterday. Tomorrow, it relaunches as a tabloid. The Times is the second British newspaper to move to a smaller, more commuter-friendly format in a bid to reverse slumping sales. "This is a significant moment in the 216-year history of The Times," editor Robert Thomson said Friday. Sales for Britain's broadsheet newspapers have been falling over the past few years. The Independent switched to the smaller format in September 2003 and has seen its sales grow by almost 20 percent.
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: msm; news; newspapers; tabloics
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Rupe clearly wants to merge his Sun and Times operations into a single paper
Keep an eye on page 3!
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posted on
10/31/2004 4:02:32 AM PST
by
mmartins
To: Cincinatus' Wife
No biggie. Our New York Times went "News of the World" Elvis/Space-Alien years ago.
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posted on
10/31/2004 4:03:02 AM PST
by
dagnabbit
(Prevent the next 9-11. Stop Islamic immigration and deport Muslim aliens.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Will the Times have a Page 3 section like The Sun?
To: peyton randolph
Keep an eye on page 3! Beat me to it. See Post # 4.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Tabloid format says nothing one way or the other about quality. It is more convenient. I wish that was the predominant format.
To: peyton randolph
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posted on
10/31/2004 4:07:08 AM PST
by
cyborg
To: mmartins
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posted on
10/31/2004 4:09:59 AM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(Kerry thinks HO CHI MINH is like GEORGE WASHINGTON.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
They'll try anything to increase sales, short of honesty.
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posted on
10/31/2004 4:14:10 AM PST
by
dsc
(LIBERALS: If we weren't so darned civilized, there'd be a bounty on them.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
It'll make it easier to whipe my butt with.
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posted on
10/31/2004 4:14:12 AM PST
by
Shortwave
(Supporting Bush was a duty one owed to the fallen. Now, it is an honor.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
The tabloid format is always synonomous with gossipy, celebrity-obsessed, UFO-type garbage. When the Boston Herald (Boston's only conservative newspaper) went tabloid some 25 years ago, it has slowly evolved into a paper that sensationalizes news on Page One and is chock-full of celebrity photos and gossip on the inside. I can hardly look at the thing anymore. If not for Howie Carr, the Op-Ed page and the Sports section, I would have cancelled my subscription to this rag long ago.
Why can't there be a tabloid paper that prints serious news?
Anyway, the day is soon coming where there will be no newspapers. We will all carry iPod-sized devices with us that will be flashed wirelessly with the latest news which we can view, listen to or read through special eyeglasses that will have the pages right in front of us - like those "heads-up" displays that fighter pilots currently use.
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posted on
10/31/2004 4:16:31 AM PST
by
SamAdams76
(Red Sox Win The World Series...And Bush Wins Re-election in 71 hours!)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
I'll take the tab New York Post over the broadsheet NYT any day, for style and substance. Tabloid is not necessarily a dirty word, even though the meaning has changed :)
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posted on
10/31/2004 4:18:41 AM PST
by
mewzilla
To: SamAdams76
Why can't there be a tabloid paper that prints serious news?What's the Boston Herald, chopped liver? :)
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posted on
10/31/2004 4:19:37 AM PST
by
mewzilla
To: SamAdams76; Shortwave; dsc; All
....the day is soon coming where there will be no newspapers. We will all carry iPod-sized devices with us that will be flashed wirelessly with the latest news which we can view, listen to or read through special eyeglasses that will have the pages right in front of us - like those "heads-up" displays that fighter pilots currently use.But what will they use to line birdcages and wrap fish in?
To: SamAdams76
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posted on
10/31/2004 4:20:08 AM PST
by
cyborg
To: SamAdams76
Anyway, the day is soon coming where there will be no newspapers. I'm thinking next Thursday.
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posted on
10/31/2004 4:24:22 AM PST
by
IStillBelieve
( "The historic Grey Monster in Fenley Park is seared - seared - into my memory." - John Kerry)
To: SamAdams76
Anyway, the day is soon coming where there will be no newspapers. We will all carry iPod-sized devices with us that will be flashed wirelessly with the latest news which we can view, listen to or read through special eyeglasses that will have the pages right in front of us - like those "heads-up" displays that fighter pilots currently use. Or a Corvette. I hope this does come true eventually.
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posted on
10/31/2004 4:35:39 AM PST
by
rdb3
("Net, indeed, and nothing else." --Physicist)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Actually, many of the world's newspapers are going to the tabloid format not only because it's easier to hold when you're riding any means of public transportation, but also it saves on paper usage in many cases. Given the increasing cost of fossil fuels you will see faster switching by newspapers to this format.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Look for LA Times & others here to start including more drunken celeb and boobie pics.
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posted on
10/31/2004 5:13:25 AM PST
by
SquirrelKing
("I have to march because my mother couldn't have an abortion." - Maxine Waters (D-California)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
I guess it reflects the standing of the party that they championed.
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posted on
10/31/2004 5:18:27 AM PST
by
dr_who_2
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