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A 'compact newspaper' is a British term referring to a broadsheet-quality newspaper printed in a tabloid format. The term came into use in its current form when ''The Independent'' began producing a smaller format edition for London's commuters, designed to be easier to read on the train/tube/bus.
Readers from other parts of the country liked the new format, with the result that ''The Independent'' introduced it nationally. Other newspapers (''The Times'' and ''The Scotsman'') copied the format as ''The Independent'' increased sales. All three newspapers are now printed exclusively in compact format following trial periods during which both broadsheet and compact version were produced simultaneously.
The term "compact" was coined in the 1970s by the ''Daily Mail'' when that newspaper went tabloid, although the ''Mail'' now calls itself a tabloid. It is often used to differentiate newspapers with more traditional content from those with a flamboyant or salacious publishing style, even though they may share the same size.
''The Courier-Mail'', the only daily newspaper in Brisbane, Australia, refers to itself as a "compact" since its change from a broadsheet format to the standard Australian tabloid size in 2006.

Contents

List of compact newspapers

Europe

North America

Asia & Oceania

See also

List of compact newspapers

Europe

★ Belgium

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★ De Standaard

★ Denmark

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★ Information

★ France

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★ Libération

★ Germany

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★ Die Welt (Kompakt)

★ Ireland

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★ Irish Independent

★ Norway

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★ Aftenposten

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★ Dagsavisen

★ Poland

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★ Dziennik

★ Romania

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★ Gazeta Sporturilor

★ Spain

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★ ABC

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★ El Mundo

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★ El País

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★ La Razón

★ Sweden

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★ Dagens Nyheter

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★ Göteborgs-Posten

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★ Svenska Dagbladet

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★ Sydsvenska Dagbladet

★ United Kingdom

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★ The Independent

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★ The Press and Journal (Saturdays only)

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★ The Scotsman

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★ The Times

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★ Western Mail

North America

★ Canada

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★ The Province (published in British Columbia)

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★ Le Soleil (published in Quebec City)

★ U.S.A.

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★ Chicago Sun-Times

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★ Express (compact digest of the Washington Post)

Asia & Oceania

★ Australia

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★ The Courier-Mail

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★ The Daily Telegraph

★ India

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★ Mumbai Mirror

★ Malaysia

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★ Kosmo!

See also

★ Berliner (format)

★ Broadsheet

★ Tabloid

★ List of newspapers