It means a newspaper whose pages are usually about 5 columns wide are about half the size of a standard-sized newspaper. Also, in my opinion it's a style of newspaper that focuses more on the juicy gossip rather than the political news.
charley norris
It must be true because I read it in a tabloid. Which tabloid is more sensational this week?
Yes, there is such thing as a tabloid newspaper
He was angrily reading the tabloid.
Globe - tabloid - was created in 1954.
MKE - tabloid - was created in 2004.
MKE - tabloid - ended in 2008.
Tabloid Junkie was created in 1995.
The Tabloid Blues was created in 2003.
Tabloid Baby was created in 1999.
Tabloid Tycoon happened in 2005.
The antonym for tabloid is broadsheet.