Tabloid journalism 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 journalism often concerns itself with rumors about the private lives of celebrities. In some cases, celebrities have successfully sued for libel, demonstrating that tabloid stories have
Chicago Ledger responsible for such series as The Hardy Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, and Nancy Drew, contributed to The "Chicago Ledger" under the name Edna Winfield. In 1925, Boyce's Big Weeklies merged to become the "Blade and Ledger". William D. Boyce died in 1929 in his penthouse apartment in the Boyce Building. The "Blade & Ledger" continued to be published monthly until 1937. Chicago Ledger The "Chicago Ledger" was a story paper published in Chicago, Illinois from 1872 until 1924. Put out by the Ledger Company and edited by Samuel H. Williams, the "Ledger" was a boilerplate literary magazine. Such periodicals were