20 Minuten

20 Minuten (German pronunciation: [ˈtsvantsɪç miˈnuːtn̩]; "20 Minutes") is a free daily newspaper in Switzerland.

20 Minuten
(English: 20 Minutes)

Type	Free daily newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	Express-Zeitung AG (jointly owned by Tamedia (majority holding) and Berner Zeitung (17.5%))
Founded	1999 (1999)
Language	German
Circulation	494,368 (2010)
Sister newspapers	20 minutes (French-language edition)
OCLC number	611676625
Website	20min.ch (in German)

History and profile

Cofounded by Sacha Wigdorovits, who also became a significant shareholder, 20 Minuten was first published in 1999 by 20 Minuten Schweiz AG. The direct competitor metropol was available in Switzerland between 2000 and 2002. 20 Minuten is published in tabloid format.

Since 2005 the newspaper has been owned by Express-Zeitung AG, which is jointly owned by Tamedia (majority holding) and Berner Zeitung (17.5%).

In the German-speaking parts of Switzerland, specific editions are made for the regions of Basel, Bern, Lucerne, St. Gallen and Zürich.

Circulation

20 Minuten is distributed to commuters at over 150 train stations across the country. Since September 2004 the German-language edition has been the most widely read daily newspaper in Switzerland, surpassing Blick. The audited distribution in 2004 was 329,242 (WEMF AG) and it had a readership of an estimated 782,000. In 2010 its circulation was 494,368 copies, making it the most read daily paper in the country.

See also

• List of free daily newspapers
• List of newspapers in Switzerland

External links

Media related to 20 Minuten at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in German)
• 20 Minuten (in German), profile of the newspaper on the website of Tamedia (Archived May 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine)