Coming soon: A new size and shape for some U.S. newspapers

Poynter.org
The considerable potential savings and punishing newsprint price increases are expected to lead to the adoption of so-called “three-arounds” — it’s narrower and shorter than a broadsheet, taller than a tabloid, and has multiple sections — in at least a few markets by the end of the year, reports Rick Edmonds. The three-around produces 50 percent more copies per hour, allowing some reduction in pressroom work force and possibly fewer presses. “We have a lot of people who say they want to go second” with the format, says its creator, “but no one wants to be first.”