My post of April 15 speculated that both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal would consider going to tabloid style production in the coming years. Lo and behold, Dow Jones announced yesterday that both their European and Asian editions are changing to the tabloid layout. This is a clever way to test the waters on ultimately going to a tabloid style for the USA edition. Dow Jones can use the Asian and European editions as test beds to perfect the tabloid style before making the change with the USA edition.