Supermarket tabloid

Supermarket tabloids are national weekly magazines in the United States, printed on newsprint in tabloid format, specializing in celebrity news, gossip, astrology, and bizarre (some would say apocryphal) stories about ordinary people. Unlike regular tabloid-format newspapers, supermarket tabloids are distributed through the magazine distribution channel, similarly to other weekly magazines and mass-market paperback books. They are often found for sale alongside the checkout lines of supermarkets. Leading examples include The National Enquirer and The Weekly World News.