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
The Ledger The Ledger The Ledger is a daily newspaper serving Lakeland, Florida, and the Polk County area. The paper was founded on August 22, 1924 as the "Lakeland Evening Ledger". In 1927, it bought its main competitor, the morning "Lakeland Star-Telegram". By 1930, it was obvious that Lakeland could not support two papers, so Ledger Publishing Company merged the two papers into a single morning paper, the "Lakeland Ledger and Star-Telegram". In 1941, "Star-Telegram" was dropped from the masthead, and in 1967 the name was shortened to simply "The Ledger". The New York Times Company bought "The Ledger" in 1970 and