Where Did Broadsheet Originate?

Broadsheet is an Australian mostly online city guide and culture magazine, founded by Nick Shelton in October 2009 and as of 2021 still run by him.

When did broadsheet begin?

Broadsheet newspapers were first developed in 18th century Britain after the government began to tax newspapers based on how many pages they had, making big papers with fewer pages cheaper to print than smaller, easier to hold ones.

Where does the word broadsheet come from?

broadsheet (n.)

also broad-sheet, 1705, "large sheet of paper printed on one side only," from broad (adj.) + sheet (n.). By 1831 as "a broadsheet newspaper."