- 20 Minuten
"20 Minuten" ("English: 20 Minutes") is a
German language free dailynewspaper inSwitzerland , distributed tocommuter s at over 150 train stations across the country.The newspaper was first published in
1999 by "20 Minuten Schweiz AG". The direct competitor "metropol" was available in Switzerland between 2000 and 2002.Since 2005, "20 Minuten" has been owned by "Express-Zeitung AG" which is a jointly owned by
Tamedia group (majority holding) and "Berner Zeitung " (17.5%).In the German-speaking parts of Switzerland specific editions are made for the regions of
Zurich ,Berne ,Lucerne ,Basel andSt. Gallen . Since September 2004, the German edition which comes in atabloid format has been the most widely read daily in Switzerland, surpassing "Blick ". The audited distribution in 2004 was 329,242 (WEMF ) and it had a readership of an estimated 782,000.French language edition
On
8 March 2006 , Tamedia launched the French-language edition "20 minutes" for the French-speakingagglomeration s ofGeneva andLausanne . The newspaper competes with "Le Matin Bleu ",Edipresse 's free edition of "Le Matin". In France, the identically named "20 minutes" editions are published by Schibsted andOuest-France .External links
* [http://www.20min.ch] de icon - Online edition
* [http://www.tamedia.ch/dyn/d/zeitungen/461156.html 20 Minuten] de icon - profile on the website ofTamedia .
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