It was convenient for those who did not have the time to read the paper every day. The price was high at the time because it did not have advertisements. It soon reached a circulation of 30 million. Tabloids Tabloids wrote of sex, violence and crime stories to boost its sells. The tabloids brought thousands of readers that boosted sales to newspapers that supplied them.
Many people say that the tabloids matched the mentality of the people of the time.
During the 1920s many young writers wanted to catch their big break in the world of journalism. Because writers were not recognized unless their work was published, many little magazines were published. The little magazines got their names because they did not reach a large amount of readers, not because of their size. Publishing costs were cheap at the time so there were many little magazines in circulation in the 1920s. Because the price of magazines was not high enough to gain a substantial profit, publishers had to solicit advertisers.