red top

The titles of these newspapers are traditionally presented on a red banner at the top of the front page.

red top (plural red tops)

1. (Britain) A tabloid newspaper, particularly one of those considered to have lower journalistic standards than the broadsheets.
   • 1997 August 13, Brian Macarthur, The Times, "Diana: mover and shaker",

     Just as broadsheets only exceptionally outsell any of the tabloids, so middle-market tabloids - the Mail and Express - only rarely outsell the red tops (although the upmarket Sunday Times outsells the mid-market Express on Sunday and The Mail on Sunday outsells The People).

• black top

• de trop, deport, ported, troped