Post by aswathy on Aug 21, 2012 6:10:07 GMT -5
The broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches / 559 millimeters 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 material, from ballads 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.
The original purpose of the broadsheet, or broadside, was for the purpose of posting royal proclamations, acts, and official notices. Eventually the people began using the broadsheet as a source for political activism by reprinting speeches, ballads or narrative songs originally performed by bards.
Modern printing facilities most efficiently print broadsheet sections in multiples of eight pages (with four front pages and four back pages). The broadsheet is then cut in half during the process. Thus the newsprint rolls used are defined by the width necessary to print four front pages. The width of a newsprint roll is called its web. Thus the new 12-inch-wide front page broadsheet newspapers in the United States use a 48-inch web newsprint roll.
Almost all major newspapers in India are broadsheets. Tabloids are mostly found in small-circulation local or rural papers.
In Karnataka, The Times Group is bringing out Vijayanext, a weekly broadsheet magazine in the Kannada language.
All Pakistan regional and national newspapers are broadsheets. Pakistan Today is the first and only paper in Berliner format.
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.
The original purpose of the broadsheet, or broadside, was for the purpose of posting royal proclamations, acts, and official notices. Eventually the people began using the broadsheet as a source for political activism by reprinting speeches, ballads or narrative songs originally performed by bards.
Modern printing facilities most efficiently print broadsheet sections in multiples of eight pages (with four front pages and four back pages). The broadsheet is then cut in half during the process. Thus the newsprint rolls used are defined by the width necessary to print four front pages. The width of a newsprint roll is called its web. Thus the new 12-inch-wide front page broadsheet newspapers in the United States use a 48-inch web newsprint roll.
Almost all major newspapers in India are broadsheets. Tabloids are mostly found in small-circulation local or rural papers.
In Karnataka, The Times Group is bringing out Vijayanext, a weekly broadsheet magazine in the Kannada language.
All Pakistan regional and national newspapers are broadsheets. Pakistan Today is the first and only paper in Berliner format.