Compact (newspaper) - British Quality Compact Newspapers

British Quality Compact Newspapers

Not all of these newspapers call themselves compacts; several continue to call themselves tabloids, but offer content similar to compact newspapers. Quality tabloids such as these differ greatly in their alignment and target demographic inasmuch as political viewpoint; the target market, however, remains the same for each. The physical size of the paper is identical for each; it is also identical for red top papers.

  • Daily Mail - middle-market conservative
  • Daily Express - middle-market conservative
  • The Morning Star - middle-market socialist (in the tradition of Karl Marx)
  • The Times - upmarket centrist-conservative
  • The Independent - upmarket progressive-liberal
  • The Scotsman - upmarket centrist

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