Berliner (format)

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Berliner, or "midi", is a newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 470 mm × 315 mm (18½ in × 12.4 in), i.e. slightly taller but only marginally wider than in the format known as "tabloid".

1 European newspapers
2 North American newspapers
3 References
4 See also

[edit] European newspapers

It is used by many European newspapers, including dailies such as Le Monde in France, La Repubblica 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) and Serbia (Politika), 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), and Rio de Janeiro-based Jornal do Brasil (newsstand edition only, April 16 2006).

Confusingly, although the Berliner Zeitung is occasionally referred to as simply "the Berliner", it is not printed in Berliner format — the name refers merely to 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.

[edit] 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.