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
The Clarion-Ledger with the "Clarion-Ledger" incorporating the best features of the "Daily News". The purchase of both papers by Gannett essentially created a daily newspaper monopoly in Central Mississippi (Gannett also owns the "Hattiesburg American" in Hattiesburg, Mississippi), which still exists. Historically, both newspapers—"The Clarion-Ledger" and the "Jackson Daily News"—were openly and unashamedly racist, even by Deep South standards. In 1890, after Mississippi Democrats adopted a new state constitution to disenfranchise black voters, "The Clarion-Ledger" applauded the move, stating: "Do not object to negroes voting on account of ignorance, but on account of color. ... If every negro in Mississippi was a