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.
Tabloid Junkie was created in 1995.
Globe - tabloid - was created in 1954.
MKE - tabloid - was created in 2004.
MKE - tabloid - ended in 2008.
The Tabloid Blues was created in 2003.
Tabloid Baby was created in 1999.
Tabloid Tycoon happened in 2005.
The antonym for tabloid is broadsheet.