sidebar

[ sahyd-bahr ]

/ ˈsaɪdˌbɑr /

a typographically distinct section of a page, as in a book or magazine, that amplifies or highlights the main text.

a conference between the judge and lawyers out of the presence of the jury.

a subordinate or incidental issue, remark, activity, etc.

Origin of sidebar

First recorded in 1945–50; side¹ + bar¹

Sidebar: the Electoral College is the balk rule of government.

Baseball’s Problem Is Politics’ Problem |Doug McIntyre |November 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Its addictive “sidebar of shame” catalogues every celebrity roll of fat, fashion faux pas, and shaky early-morning nightclub exit.

Hollywood vs. The Daily Mail: George Clooney and Angelina Jolie Take On The UK's Leanest, Meanest Gossip Machine |Lizzie Crocker, Lloyd Grove |July 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He went on to describe the probe as a “sidebar issue” and hinted it was politically motivated.

Scott Walker Investigated in Secret Wisconsin Probe |Ben Jacobs |October 24, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The judge and the lawyers broke for a sidebar, outside the purview of the jury, the media, and the public.

‘You’re a F—cking Liar’: Whitey Bulger and the FBI’s Sordid History |T.J. English |July 1, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

And not just an obit, but a sidebar under the hed "Caruso Kept Hoping He Would Return."

A1-Worthy Musical Deaths |Michael Tomasky |May 18, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Late in the afternoon the Captain returned riding in a sidebar buggy with a man.

Horses Nine |Sewell Ford
The man drove away in the sidebar leaving the Captain and the lumber wagon.

Horses Nine |Sewell Ford

sidebar

/ (ˈsaɪdˌbɑː) /

(in a newspaper, website, etc) a short article placed alongside and providing additional information about a longer one

any subsidiary or supplementary thing