tab·loid 
(tăbloid′)
(tăbloid′)n.
A newspaper of small format giving the news in condensed form, usually with illustrated, often sensational material.
adj.
1. In summary form; condensed.
2. Lurid or sensational.
[From tabloid journalism, from Tabloid, trademark for a drug or chemical in condensed form.]
tabloid′ism n.