Word: tabloidizing
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...driven by cutthroat competition. Seventeen years after the fall of communism, Czechs no longer fear for the fate of their democracy and many have long since tired of reading about stale politics. So, the mainstream newspapers have gone soft, and the yellow press has flourished. "We have three tabloid dailies and they are fighting for survival," says Ondrej Hoeppner, a former editor of the fourth gossip sheet that had already succumbed...
...impossible to stop it," Hoeppner gripes of the impromptu cartel deals. Even for an exclusive photo, a Czech tabloid would pay a fraction of what its U.S. equivalents might. Most Czech celebrity shutterbugs are simply well-paid salarymen. "Better the money, bigger the threat your editor will scold you, 'How come you don't have that?' " Hoeppner says...
...most outlandish story about the Eurovision singer appeared in the Serbian tabloid newspaper Press a few days before the contest took place. It claimed that an alliance of Western powers was looking to fix the event in order to ensure Serifovic's victory. Explaining this conspiracy theory, the paper wrote: "Lulled by a triumph in Helsinki, Serbs are expected to calmly swallow the imminent secession of Kosovo." The status of Kosovo, the southern Serbian province populated mostly by ethnic Albanians, is currently being debated in the United Nations Security Council. The E.U. and U.S. favor granting the territory independence from...
...Probably the most outrageous story concerning the singer appeared on May 9, in the Serbian tabloid Press. It claimed that the Western powers fixed the Eurovision contest in order to ensure Serifovic's victory. "Lulled by a triumph in Helsinki, Serbs are expected to calmly swallow the imminent secession of Kosovo," the paper claimed. The status of Kosovo, the southern Serbian province populated mostly by ethnic Albanians, is currently being debated in the United Nations Security Council. The Western powers favor granting the territory independence from Serbia, while Moscow sides with Belgrade in opposing...
...York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg really thinking of running for President next year as a self-financed independent? Or is he lowering his sights, as one Big Apple tabloid reported last week, and planning to take aim at the Albany statehouse in 2010 instead...