The Christmas Sports included a form of comedy and satire based on local events and gossip.

The term " tabloid journalism ", which tends to emphasize topics such as sensational crime stories, astrology, celebrity gossip and TV is commonly associated with tabloid sized newspapers, though some respected newspapers such as The Independent are in tabloid format, and in the United Kingdom the size is used by nearly all local newspapers.

" Historian and opponent William Estabrook Chancellor publicized the rumors, based on supposed family research, but perhaps reflecting no more than local gossip.

They were expected to provide " emotional support, emergency information, local news and gossip, business tips ", etc.

" There was a curious local character, an old man who used to go about swapping gossip and weather-wisdom and such like.

When not playing a gig, he hung out at the local pool hall with other musicians, where he picked up on upcoming play dates and gossip.

It is likely that folks learned all the local gossip and goings on at the general store barber shop, or on the street corner ,” wrote noted local historian Dorothy Zaykowski, in her book “ Sag Harbor – The Story of an American Beauty .”

She appears as part of the chorus of local people in Homecoming and has a taste for vicious gossip.

Sex, scandal, gossip, innuendo, politics, local news, bravado and insulting other calypsonians were the order of the day in classic calypso, just as it is today with classic hip hop.

* Sydney Confidential, local and international gossip, glamour and celebrity news

She is the local gossip.

Originally featuring masquerade songs ( chanté mas ) and other local traditions, traditional Carnival, Mas Domnik, came to be dominated by imported calypso music and steel bands in the early 1960s ; calypso appealed to Carnival-goers because the lyrical focus on local news and gossip was similar to that of chanté mas, despite a rhythmic pattern and instrumentation which contrast sharply with traditional Dominican Mas Domnik music.

That ’ s why I used such a hodgepodge of sources in Ana Historic: a little nineteenth-century and very local journalism that sounds like a gossip column, a 1906 school textbook, various historical accounts, some contemporary feminist theory, and a school teacher ’ s diary from 1873 that was completely fictitious .”

Iglesias has appeared in many local and international covers of gossip and entertainment magazines worldwide, at a young age, as the entertainment industry made the Iglesias family one of their favourite celebrities.

New York's colonial ballads were often topical, concerning the events of the day and the local gossip.

Though this provides a subject of gossip for the local society, Melanie seems to approve of both her friends and verbally defends their reputations.

Local targets of the magazines satire and gossip have frequently included members of the billionaire Sobey, Irving and McCain families, as well as prominent local media personalities and politicians in all three provinces.

Hong Kong's thirst for gossip is not limited to local celebrities, but extends to celebrities from Taiwan, Japan and Korea.

By that time, every local " scene " had at least one, often primitively or casually published magazine, with news, gossip, and interviews with local or touring bands.

Soon the bodybuilding grapevine was abuzz with gossip about a Cuban powerhouse who lifted more than any of the local Olympic champs.

He and Wordsworth ( who lived nearby at Alfoxton House ) would often roam the hills and coast on long night walks ; leading to local gossip that they were ' spies ' for the French.

Other less commonly used nicknames were the " Gridbirds " ( used only by a local newspaper columnist ) or " Cardiac Cards " ( used only to refer to the 1975 team ).

Invented by a poet and a local newspaper columnist Eric Kosciuszko in the 1920s, it has since been adopted by state and local government as well as the residents, and has taken on the sense of a general spring celebration.

His cover was blown by local columnist Sid Hartman who reported the visit and forced Parseghian to issue denials.

Judd has also been a guest columnist for a local Kentucky newspaper, writing about the NCAA championships.

* Actresses Emilia Fox and Anna Chancellor and columnist and author Toby Young and co-producer Benjamin Rimmer are among current ( 2010 ) prominent local residents.

The term " beatnik " originated from the scene here and was coined in a derogatory fashion by local and famed San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen.

Several well-known people live here, including Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corporation, who spent nine years building an architecturally authentic, $ 200 + million Japanese feudal castle and man-made lake in Woodside ; Gordon E. Moore, co-founder of Intel and originator of Moore's Law ; John Thompson, CEO of Symantec ; Neil Young, rock musician and songwriter, who owns a ranch and recording studio there ; Michelle Pfeiffer, actress, and her husband David E. Kelley, producer ; Thomas Siebel, founder of Siebel Systems ; Scott Cook, co-founder of Intuit, Inc .; John Doerr, venture capitalist ; Dr. Carl Djerassi, novelist and member of team that developed the birth control pill ; Kenneth Fisher, founder of Fisher Investments, Forbes columnist, author, and local historian ; Susan Dawson, philanthropist ; and Joan Baez, folk singer.

In February of 1987 the band played the now-legendary series of one dollar Monday night shows at the Uptown Lounge in Athens and the crucial local press began to take notice -- FLAGPOLE & Athens Observer art columnist Shan Clark emphasized Widespread Panic's musical virtuosity, songwriting and professionalism.

They each featured a unique columnist, enterprise pieces and local news specific to the community.

In the 2005 general election, he was succeeded by Ed Vaizey, a prominent conservative columnist and pundit, the candidate selected by the local Conservative Association.

In addition to the syndicated programming, WHAM boasts a local morning news team, an afternoon news magazine, a midday talk show hosted by Bob Lonsberry, and a sports talk show hosted by Rochester Democrat and Chronicle columnist Bob Matthews along with a rotating co-host, among whom are Marv Levy, Chuck Dickerson and Fred Smerlas.

Though Vaughn's powerful personality and extensive charity work made him a popular figure in Boston, he had many issues with the Red Sox management and local media ; his disagreements with Boston Globe sports columnist Will McDonough and Red Sox general manager Dan Duquette were particularly acute.

Rounding out the regular features are the well-known American advice columnist Dan Savage with his Savage Love, cartoons, and a local astrology column.

When the LBC local radio station began to broadcast in 1973, Street-Porter co-presented a mid-morning show with Fleet Street columnist, Paul Callan.

In due course, after also working at the post office and a local haberdashery to support his mother and sisters after his father's early death, he became a reporter and columnist for the Kansas City Journal-Post.

The Australian columnist Glenn Milne described Draper as, ” one of the government ’ s best local members ”.

Following his loss, Eleanor Roosevelt told local journalist Murray Kempton, who published her remarks many years later in 1991 when he was a columnist for Newsday, " I told Carmine I would get him for what he did to Franklin, and get him I did.

In 1868, George Hicks, a columnist from Harmony, Utah, wrote in a local newspaper that the Lees had to leave town in ten days or John would be hanged.

Referencing this local history in the 1970s, local newspaper columnist Steve Otto planted the idea that if New York City is the " Big Apple ", then Tampa must be the " Big Guava ".

-and a current local ( North East ) radio football commentator and newspaper columnist.

Top Arizona blogger and columnist, Gayle Plato-Besley, credits Townhall. com with jump-starting local activism:

A few years later Mike Royko became the paper's lead columnist, and quickly rose to local and national prominence.