Tech tabloid Tech tabloid A Tech tabloid is a type of news media that mainly concentrates on technology news: science, IT, semiconductors, telecoms and related issues, but also takes on a less formal and more humorous approach than traditional technology publications such as EE Times or EDN. They are professional in nature, though, rather than community-based technology news sites such as Digg or Slashdot. Tabloid newspapers traditionally aim for sensationalist stories, celebrity news and aim for a down-market reader. The tabloid tag does not apply to the paper format, as many of these publications are web-based only, such as The Inquirer and
Tabloid (TV program) New York's WBEN. Montreal's "Tabloid" ratings share was 11%, while Radio-Canada's French-language "Telejournal" and "Carrefour" drew a 67% share. A later "CBC Times" report indicated a rated "Tabloid" audience of 250,000 from Toronto's CBLT. In 1956, Montreal doctor E. E. Robbins wrote a critical letter to "Tabloid". It was read on the show, accompanied by Robbins' home address and MacDougal requesting viewers to "cheer him up". Robbins sued CBC after he was deluged with disruptive letters and telephone calls and prank taxi calls. The case ended with Robbins winning a $3000 settlement against CBC from the Quebec Superior Court. Host