<P> The early converts from broadsheet format made the change in the 1970s; two British papers that took this step at the time were the Daily Mail and the Daily Express . In 2003, The Independent also made the change for the same reasons, quickly followed by The Scotsman and The Times . On the other hand, The Morning Star had always used the tabloid size, but stands in contrast to both the red top papers and the former broadsheets; although The Morning Star emphasises hard news, it embraces socialism and is circulated mostly among blue - collar labourers . </P> <P> Compact tabloids, just like broadsheet - and Berliner - format newspapers, span the political spectrum from progressive to conservative and from capitalist to socialist . </P> <P> In Morocco, Maroc Soir, launched in November 2005, is published in tabloid format . </P> <P> In South Africa, the Bloemfontein - based daily newspaper Volksblad became the first serious broadsheet newspaper to switch to tabloid, but only on Saturdays . Despite the format proving to be popular with its readers, the newspaper remains broadsheet on weekdays . This is also true of Pietermaritzburg's daily, The Witness in the province of KwaZulu - Natal . The Daily Sun, published by Naspers, has since become South Africa's biggest - selling daily newspaper and is aimed primarily at the black working class . It sells over 500,000 copies per day, reaching approximately 3,000,000 readers . Besides offering a sometimes satirical view of the seriousness of mainstream news, the Daily Sun also covers fringe theories and paranormal claims such as tokoloshes (hob - goblins), ancestral visions and all things supernatural . It is also published as the Sunday Sun . </P>

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