Berliner, or "midi", is a newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 470 mm × 315 mm (18½ in × 12.4 in). The berliner format is slightly taller and marginally wider than the tabloid/compact format; and is both narrower and shorter than the broadsheet format. [1]
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European newspapers
It is used by many European newspapers, including dailies such as Le Monde in France, La Repubblica and La Stampa in Italy, De Morgen in Belgium, and (since September 12, 2005) The Guardian in the UK. The French financial newspaper Les Échos changed to this format in September 2003, and the largest daily papers in Croatia (Vecernji List), Serbia (Politika) and Montenegro (Vijesti), are also in this format. The most recent quality newspapers to join this trend are Le Soir, the main Francophone newspaper in Belgium (15 November 2005), Rio de Janeiro-based Jornal do Brasil (newsstand edition only, April 16 2006), and the Israeli Haaretz (February 18 2007). Confusingly, although the Berliner Zeitung is occasionally referred to as simply Berliner, it is not printed in Berliner format — the name refers merely to the city of Berlin, and was originally contrasted with "North German" and "French" sizes in the early 20th century. In fact, only two German national dailies use Berliner format: Die Tageszeitung (known as the "Taz"); and the Junge Welt, which, in 2004, abandoned the unique slightly-larger-than-A4 size that had marked it out since the early 1990s. The majority of the national quality dailies use the larger broadsheet format known as "nordisch", measuring 570×400 mm.
North American newspapers
The daily Journal and Courier newspaper in Lafayette, Indiana began using Berliner format for its daily edition on July 31, 2006. This is the first publication in North America to be produced in this format.[1]
Indian newspapers
The business daily Mint, a collaboration with the Indian media house, Hindustan Times Media Limited (HTML), and The Wall Street Journal, is the latest to be launched in the Berliner format on February 01, 2007. The India Today Group has also formed a JV with UK's Daily Mail for a Berliner, which is to be launched by 2007-end.
References
- ^ Gerrety, Joe. "Black, white and read all over: The J&C changes again", Lafayette: Journal & Courier, 2006-07-30. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
External links
- How we got the measure of a Berliner (discussing the Guardian's switch to the format)
