UK: Telegraph considering compact version
The Telegraph may launch a weekday tabloid-size edition, it told readers in an online survey. Although the paper staunchly denied that it would go tabloid in June, it appears to be considering a competitive move to compact sometime in the near future.
Along with the company’s planned move to Victoria, its digital advancements, and 54 editorial layoffs, the change to compact may complete the paper’s transformation.
The online reader survey asked whether readers would prefer a weekday compact, weekly broadsheet, or another paper entirely.
Managing director Will Lewis is planning a multi-platform paper that will be offered in print, online, podcast, and printable versions. A compact edition may be yet another option for Telegraph readers.
The Telegraph has resisted the migration to tabloid-size as its British peers have slowly followed popular demand. The Independent made the switch in September 2003, the Times a few months later, and the Guardian went Berliner last September. Is the Telegraph next?
Source: The Guardian
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As a regular reader of daily newspapers, particularly broadsheets, I have preferred the Guardian size for comfortable ease of reading.
I was a regular reader of the Times but an important reason for looking elsewhere was the conflicting combination of tabloid size and increased number of pages (which edges never seemed to meet properly) contantly irritating.
Now regularly reading the Telegraph I am dismayed to read that it is contemplating the tabloid size. Please do not reduce the size below that of the Guardian.
One other thing that has been worrying me for some time now is the amount of newsprint I am putting in the recycling bin. I do enjoy reading the paper each day but am becoming more and more embarrased with the quantity of paper now used with each issue. So much is disposed of without much more than a cursory glance. The weekend papers now contain more print than the average novel, it seems. I really only want a newspaper!