The Guardian Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Tabloid format since 2018 === In June 2017, [[Guardian Media Group]] (GMG) announced that ''The Guardian'' and ''[[The Observer]]'' would relaunch in [[tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid format]] from early 2018.<ref name="tabloid">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jun/13/guardian-and-observer-to-relaunch-in-tabloid-format|title=''The Guardian'' and ''The Observer'' to relaunch in tabloid format|last=Sweney|first=Mark|date=13 June 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=13 June 2017|archive-date=18 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190118221509/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jun/13/guardian-and-observer-to-relaunch-in-tabloid-format|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' confirmed the launch date for the new format to be 15 January 2018. GMG also signed a contract with ''[[Trinity Mirror]]'' β the publisher of the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'', ''[[Sunday Mirror]]'', and ''[[Sunday People]]'' β to [[outsourcing|outsource]] printing of ''The Guardian'' and ''[[The Observer]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2017/jun/13/guardian-journalism-goes-from-strength-to-strength-its-just-our-shape-thats-changing|title=Guardian journalism goes from strength to strength. It's just our shape that's changing|last1=Viner|first1=Katharine|date=13 June 2017|work=The Guardian|last2=Pemsel|first2=David|access-date=9 July 2017|archive-date=10 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710143244/https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2017/jun/13/guardian-journalism-goes-from-strength-to-strength-its-just-our-shape-thats-changing|url-status=live}}</ref> The format change is intended to help cut costs as it allows the paper to be printed by a wider array of presses, and outsourcing the printing to presses owned by Trinity Mirror is expected to save millions of pounds annually. The move is part of a three-year plan that includes cutting 300 jobs in an attempt to reduce losses and break even by 2019.<ref name="tabloid"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/business/media/guardian-tabloid-uk.html |title=The Guardian, Britain's Left-Wing News Power, Goes Tabloid |first=Amie |last=Tsang |date=15 January 2018 |work=The New York Times |access-date=15 January 2018 |archive-date=16 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116074115/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/business/media/guardian-tabloid-uk.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The paper and ink are the same as previously and the font size is fractionally larger.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/29/guardian-redesign-tabloid-readers-response-paul-chadwick|title=Three months on, the tabloid Guardian is still evolving|last=Chadwick|first=Paul|date=29 April 2018|work=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-date=25 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625185817/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/29/guardian-redesign-tabloid-readers-response-paul-chadwick|url-status=live}}</ref> An assessment of the response from readers in late April 2018 indicated that the new format had led to an increased number of subscriptions. The editors were working on changing aspects that had caused complaints from readers.<ref name="ReferenceB"/> In July 2018, the masthead of the new tabloid format was adjusted to a dark blue.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/15/weve-got-the-guardian-masthead-blues-and-were-overjoyed|title=We've got The Guardian masthead blues and we're overjoyed {{!}} Letters|last=Letters|date=15 July 2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=18 January 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404195601/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/15/weve-got-the-guardian-masthead-blues-and-were-overjoyed|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page