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In his explanation of where the term 'tabloid' originated, Julian Burnside QC sneaks in a cheeky one;

By a curious symmetry, Alfred Harmsworth's first venture into journalism was a small gossip sheet which carried innocuous items of social news. It was called Tit Bits. He probably did not realise just how close he had come to the early 21st century meaning of tabloid journalism.

From the Crikey email (sorry, no link to the article).