Does size matter for newspapers?

Two London newspapers launch tabloid editions and prompt a world of re-examination about broadsheet versus compact formats.

Does Size Matter For Newspapers?

Dawn McMullan Ideas MagazineEarl J. Wilkinson INMA

London, beware. Everyone is watching you.

In the world of publishing, the city's always lively newspaper war may have spawned a tipping point in the decades-old argument about the value of a newspaper's format.

In September, the 17-year-old broadsheet Independent launched a same-day tabloid version of itself one newspaper, two formats every day. Two months later, the 218-year-old...

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