A tabloid is a newspaper that has small pages, short articles, and lots of photographs. Tabloids are often considered to be less serious than other newspapers. Compare broadsheet. a newspaper that has small pages, a lot of photographs, and stories mainly about sex, famous people etc rather than serious news broadsheet (Tabloid a trademark for a medicinal tablet (19-20 centuries); because of the small size of the tablet)
A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of the standard format, especially one that favours stories of a sensational nature over more serious news
format of newspaper or business paper, smaller than regular newspaper, usually type size page 14-1/4 inches (200 lines) deep, 5 columns (10-1/4 inches) wide