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Broadsheet is a size and format for Newspaper s, and a descriptive term applied to papers which use that format rather than the smaller Tabloid format. (A third, less common format is the Berliner .) Many broadsheets measure roughly 29½ by 23½ Inch es (74.9 Cm × 59.7 cm) per spread, twice the size of a standard tabloid. Australia n and New Zealand broadsheets always have a paper size of A1 per spread (84.1cm by 59.4cm). Historically, broadsheets were developed when in 1712 a Tax was placed on British newspapers based on the number of their pages. The broadsheet has since emerged as the most popular format for the dissemination of printed news. The world's most widely circulated English Language daily broadsheet is '' The Times Of India '', a leading English language daily Newspaper from India , followed closely by '' The New York Times '' from the United States , according to the Audit Bureau Of Circulations . CONNOTATIONS Broadsheet newspapers are commonly perceived to be more intellectual in content than their tabloid counterparts, using their greater size to examine stories in more depth, while less often carrying Sensationalist and Celebrity material. This distinction is most obvious on the front page: whereas tabloids tend to have a single story dominated by a headline, broadsheets allow two or more stories to be displayed, the most important at the top of the page - "above the fold." However, while this distinction is widely used it is at best a generalization, and the term "tabloid" technically refers only to the paper's size. Some tabloid papers (particularly the '' Daily Mail '' and '' Daily Express '') often use phrases such as "broadsheet quality in a tabloid format" to distinguish themselves from the "tabloid" reputation. In addition, broadsheets often publish Supplement s, such as sports reviews and less news-oriented content (e.g. the ''Guardian'''s "G2" (formerly) or the ''Times'''s "Times 2"), in tabloid format. UK BROADSHEETS In the Politically , and two more Left Wing .:
Other prominent UK broadsheets include '' The Herald '', which is not a true national newspaper, as it is mostly distributed in Scotland . The '' Financial Times '' is also printed and sold in other countries; as the British equivalent of the '' Wall Street Journal '', it lends its most detailed attention to financial news. The average circulation of the ''Times'' is around 661,000 and the ''Telegraph'' sells 908,000 copies daily, while the circulations of the ''Guardian'' and ''Independent'' are more approximately 380,000 and 265,000. The ''Financial Times'' sells over 400,000 copies, the ''Scotsman'' maybe 70,000 (all figures July 2004 ). SWITCH TO SMALLER SIZES In 2003 ''The Independent'' started concurrent production of both broadsheet and tabloid (" Compact ") editions, carrying exactly the same content. ''The Times'' did likewise, but with less apparent success, with readers vocally opposing the change. The daily ''Independent'' ceased to be available in broadsheet format in May 2004 , and ''The Times'' followed suit from November 2004 ; the '' Scotsman '' is also now published only in tabloid format. '' The Guardian '' switched to the " Berliner " or " Midi " format found in some other Europe an countries (slightly larger than a traditional tabloid) on 12 September , 2005 . '' The Courier-Mail '', the only daily newspaper in Brisbane , Australia , also changed from broadsheet to tabloid format on March 13 , 2006 . The main motivation cited for this shift is that Commuter s prefer papers which they can hold easily on Public Transport , and it is presumably hoped that other readers will also find the smaller formats more convenient. It remains to be seen how this shake-up will affect the usage of the term "broadsheet". NOTABLE BROADSHEETS Australia
Brazil Almost all Brazilian newspapers are broadsheets, including major publications like:
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India
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Portugal Russia
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United States Almost all U.S. newspapers are broadsheets, including major publications like:
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