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Broadsheet Topic
Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches or more). The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of matter, from ballad to political satire. The first broadsheet newspaper was the Dutch Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c.; published in 1618. Other common newspaper formats include the smaller Berliner and Tabloid/Compact formats. ...
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Bedsheet   Topic
The bedsheet format was the size of many magazine published in the United States in the first third of the 20th Century. Magazines in bedsheet format were roughly the size of Life Magazine but with square spines. One noteworthy bedsheet magazine was Amazing Stories, the first science fiction magazine, in April 1926. While the bedsheet size varied slightly from magazine to magazine, Amazing Stories #1 was 11 inches tall, 8 1/16 inches wide, and 3/8 inch thick (28 cm x 20.3 cm x .95 cm). ...
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Berliner Topic
Berliner, or "midi", is a newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 470 mm × 315 mm (18½ in × 12.4 in). The berliner format is slightly taller and marginally wider than the tabloid/compact format; and is both narrower and shorter than the broadsheet format. The Berliner format is used by many European newspapers, including dailies such as Le Monde in France, La Repubblica and La Stampa in Italy, De Morgen in Belgium, and (since September 12, 2005) The Guardian in the UK, and others...
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Compact Topic
A compact newspaper is a broadsheet-quality newspaper printed in a tabloid format, especially in the United Kingdom. The term came into use in its current form when The Independent began producing a smaller format edition for London's commuter, designed to be easier to read on the train/tube/bus. Readers from other parts of the country liked the new format, with the result that The Independent introduced it nationally. Other newspapers (The Times and The Scotsman) copied the format as The...
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Newsletter   Topic
A newsletter is a regularly distributed publication generally about one main topic that is of interest to its subscriber. Newspaper and leaflet are types of newsletters. Additionally, newsletters delivered electronically via email (e-Newsletters) have gained rapid acceptance for the same reasons email in general is gaining popularity over printed correspondence. Many newsletters are published by club, churches, societies, associations, and businesses, especially companies, to provide...
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Free daily newspaper The September 12, 2001 edition of the Palo Alto Daily News, one of the most successful free daily newspapers Topic
Free daily newspapers trace their history back to the 1940s when Walnut Creek, California publisher Dean Lesher began what is widely believed to be the first free daily, now known as the Contra Costa Times. In the 1960s, he converted that newspaper and three others in the county to paid circulation. In the early 1970s, in Boulder, Colorado, regents at the University of Colorado kicked the student-run Colorado Daily off campus because of editorials against the Vietnam War. Regents hoped the...
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Magazine There is a very large range of international magazines available in Ireland Topic
Magazines, periodicals or serials are publication, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, or both. The various elements that contribute to the production of magazines vary wildly. Core elements such as publishing schedules, formats and target audiences are seemingly infinitely variable. Typically, magazines which focus primarily on current events, such as Newsweek or Entertainment Weekly, are...
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