It’s not quite a tab, but a new smaller shape is being considered by several U.S. publishers of broadsheet newspapers, reports Poynter Online this week. This report has caused a bit of a stir and led to a number of inquiries asking: is now the time when we move closer to tabloid in the States? Of [...]
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Will newspaper tabloid conversions finally take off?
Posted by Ron Reason on June 10, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/06/10/will-newspaper-tabloid-conversions-finally-take-off/
The new Trib tab: How’d they do that?
[Chicago] It’s a big week of change and not just in D.C. Here in Chicago, newspaper readers like me woke up today to another innovation from the Tribune – a new compact format of the daily newspaper. (The company’s tabloid sibling, Red Eye, has been around for a while, but it’s a different creature: a [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on January 19, 2009
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2009/01/19/the-new-trib-tab-howd-they-do-that/

An alt-weekly wish list: Editing, design, spirit
[Newer Post: 7 Things to Love About The Stranger: An Illustrated Guide.] More thoughts from a weekend immersion in the world of alternative weekly newspapers. Fun crowd with lots of talent, energy, and passion, despite the challenges of the current economic climate. Here’s a little fantasizing about where I’d take them in a perfect world [...]
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2010/07/17/an-alt-weekly-wish-list/