BROADSHEET

Broadsheet

The broadsheet is the largest of newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages . 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.

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broadsheet

Noun

  1. A newspaper having pages of standard dimensions (as opposed to a tabloid), especially one that carries serious treatment of news.

Adjective

  1. In the format of a broadsheet.
  2. Relating to a broadsheet or broadsheets.
    broadsheet journalism


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