Minuteman switches from tabloid to broadsheet. WestportNow.com photoAt a time when most newspapers are downsizing, the Westport Minuteman, owned by New Jersey-based Journal Register Company, is expanding, at least in size anyway.
The weekly newspaper, founded in 1993 by a group of Westport investors, has been a tabloid from its inception. The new format, known as “broadsheet” in the newspaper industry, allows for more and longer news stories, larger photographs, and bigger ads.
It now has the format of rival twice-weekly Hearst Corporation-owned Westport News, which also began 40 years ago as a tabloid.
“We definitely believe our new larger format will be a big plus,” said Westport Minuteman Editor Tom Henry in today’s ediiton.
“Of course, we’ve all come to know and love the Minuteman as a tabloid over the last two decades. I suppose some of us are a little nostalgic. But when we look at the advantages, for both readers and advertisers, from our new format, I think there’s no question that we’re looking at a great step forward.”
They made the paper bigger, but shrunk the crossword and the Sudoko. I can barely read them even with my glasses. Great!