Honolulu Star-Bulletin goes tabloid

[KamaAina]

physically, that is. It has actually become less "tabloidy" since the ownership change a few years ago.

http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20090413_Building_a_better_newspaper_for_you.html

Today we introduce the new Star-Bulletin — a new format, a new way of presenting the news and a new delivery schedule.

Our new format is known in most of the world as a compact, as opposed to our previous broadsheet format. The Society of Newspaper Design recently honored its five "World's Best Designed"" newspapers for 2008 — and four are compacts.

It noted that while some papers in the U.S. have moved to a narrower broadsheet, "the move elsewhere from broadsheet to compact (aka tabloid) is inexorable, logical and offers what readers, particularly younger readers, desire."...

Along with a new way to present the news is a new way to deliver it. Look for the Star-Bulletin to hit your doorstep every morning — we are no longer "the afternoon newspaper" for anyone. Many subscribers already receive it in the morning. Starting today, it arrives everywhere at dawn.

When you think about it, the amazing thing is that, with our notable lack of hard news such as murders, arsons, etc., we're still a two-paper town when Denver, Seattle, etc. aren't any more.

[Sanity Claws]

1. You really do live in Paradise