Broad and deep

There's been lots of ink n' ether spilled over the fact that the tabloid format is gaining preference over the broadsheet. Unfortunately, a lot of folks don't understand that the preference is over the physical format as opposed to the content, and use tabs as an excuse to run only short blurbs on national news. (See the defunct AM Journal Express.)

Murdoch's The Times of London has been publishing in both formats, and as of Monday, the tabloid has won.

Incidentally, I was picking up dinner at the Dixie House the other night and a woman reading the DMN was singing the praises of the new "At a Glance" section. She was the first person I'd heard say anything good about it, so I asked her why she liked it.

(Paraphrased):

"Because I can hold it horizontal like this. I hate that there are only blurbs here, but it's just easier to hold. If the rest of the paper was like this, I'd actually read the whole thing."

Have I mentioned that we plan to publish our print edition as a tab?