ブロック紙し

noun

large regional newspaper; block newspaper

Refers to a newspaper with circulation spanning multiple prefectures, larger than a local paper but not national. Often contrasted with 全国紙 (national newspaper) and 地方紙 (local newspaper).

• ブロック紙しは、複ふく数すうの県けんで販はん売ばいされている新しん聞ぶんのことです。

  A block newspaper is a newspaper sold in multiple prefectures.

• 中ちゅう日にち新しん聞ぶんは代だい表ひょう的てきなブロック紙しの一ひとつだ。

  The Chunichi Shimbun is one of the representative block newspapers.