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The more recent usage of the term 'tabloid' refers to weekly or semi-weekly newspapers in tabloid format. Many of these are essentially straightforward newspapers, publishing in tabloid format, because subway and bus commuters prefer to read smaller-size newspapers due to lack of space.
B2. (of or relating to) a type of popular newspaper with small pages that has many pictures and short, simple reports: the tabloid press. a tabloid newspaper. Fewer examples. She had no desire to embroil herself in lengthy lawsuits with the tabloid newspapers.
Tabloid journalism is a popular style of largely sensationalist journalism which takes its name from the tabloid newspaper format: a small-sized newspaper also known as half broadsheet. [1] . The size became associated with sensationalism, and tabloid journalism replaced the earlier label of yellow journalism and scandal sheets. [2] .
noun. a newspaper whose pages, usually five columns wide, are about one-half the size of a standard-sized newspaper page. a newspaper this size concentrating on sensational and lurid news, usually heavily illustrated. a short form or version; condensation; synopsis; summary.
tabloid. noun. /ˈtæblɔɪd/ a newspaper with small pages (usually half the size of those in larger papers) with short articles and a lot of pictures and stories about famous people, often thought of as less serious than other newspapers The story made the front page in all the tabloids. compare broadsheet. Want to learn more?
noun [ C ] uk / ˈtæblɔɪd / us. Add to word list Add to word list. B2. a small newspaper with a lot of pictures and short, simple news stories. (Definition of tabloid from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of tabloid. in Chinese (Traditional) 通俗小報的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 通俗小报的… See more.
(sometimes disapproving) a newspaper of this size with short articles and a lot of pictures and stories about famous people, often thought of as less serious than other newspapers. The story made the front page in all the tabloids. I despair when I read what passes for news in some of the tabloids.
