Tabloid journalism is often not applied to newspapers such as "The Times" or "The Independent" that have adopted the physical format of a tabloid, having previously been broadsheets. Tabloid journalism Tabloid journalism is a style of journalism that emphasizes sensational crime stories, gossip columns about celebrities and sports stars, extreme political views from one perspective, junk food news, and astrology. Although it is associated with tabloid-size newspapers, not all newspapers associated with tabloid journalism are tabloid size, and not all tabloid-size newspapers engage in tabloid journalism; in particular, since about 2000 many broadsheet newspapers converted to the more compact tabloid format. Tabloid
Ledger Syndicate was a key contributor to the burgeoning comic book industry, with many of the company's strips published in both the seminal "Funnies on Parade", and what popular culture historians consider the first true American comic book, "Famous Funnies". For whatever reason, the Ledger Syndicate favored comic strips with alliterative titles, including "Babe Bunting", "Daffy Demonstrations", "Deb Days", "Dizzy Dramas", "Hairbreadth Harry", "Modish Mitzi", and "Somebody's Stenog". The Public Ledger Syndicate was founded in 1915 by "Public Ledger" publisher Cyrus H. K. Curtis, The first big comic strip success was A. E. Hayward's "Somebody's Stenog", launched in late 1918. The Syndicate