Why do people buy tabloids?

jimthemental · 22-04-2011 06:32PM

The tabloids are popular because they can be read easily in a cramped space e.g. a toilet, packed train or a bus. These are the only times a lot of people have time for a paper. They're cheaper, also a quick read and there might be some nudity.

I just don't buy papers much any more, the Irish Times is the best we have but its pretentiousness is second only to the Sunday Independent. A painful read at times.

hatz7 · 22-04-2011 06:36PM

joseph brand wrote: »

Isn't the Indo a tabloid?

I get it in college, its only 80cent, and ya I think its a tabloid, I also think the Irish times is a tabloid, times readers hate when I say it, but their content is so similar ti the Indo, with only slight variations in tone and meaning.

Maybe the difference was bigger and wider years ago, but I think the whole idea of a broadsheet is pretty meaningless now, they are all tabloids.

Honorable exception, Financial Times.

Why do people buy tabloids?

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