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Blick am Abend
21 December 2018 issue
TypeFree daily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Ringier
Founder(s)Ringier
Editor-in-chiefPeter Röthlisberger
Founded1 June 2008
LanguageGerman
Ceased publication21 December 2018
Headquarters Zürich
Country Switzerland
Sister newspapers Blick

Blick am Abend was a free evening newspaper published in Switzerland and based in Zürich. It existed between 2008 and 2018.

History and profile

Blick am Abend was first published on 1 June 2008 [1] as a successor to the afternoon free daily Heute. [2]

Blick am Abend, based in Zürich, was a free newspaper owned by Ringier. [3] [4] It was an evening newspaper published in tabloid format. [5] [6] [7] Peter Röthlisberger was the editor-in-chief of the daily. [3] Its sister newspaper was Blick, a leading daily in the country. [6] [7]

In 2008 Blick am Abend started a biweekly legal column which answers the reader questions. [8] Until 2009 the daily had editions in Zürich, Bern and Basel. [9] St. Gallen and Luzern/Zug editions were started in 2009. [9] In December 2013 the paper launched its online edition. [10]

The audited circulation of Blick am Abend in 2008 was 211,000 copies. [6] The paper had a circulation of 225,226 copies in 2009. [7] It was 329,418 copies in 2010, [11] and its readership was 604,000 the same year. [12]

Blick am Abend discontinued in December 2018. [13]

References

  1. ^ Ringier Today Archived 13 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Ringier. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  2. ^ Piet Bakker (2013). "The life cycle of a free newspaper business model in newspaper-rich markets". Journalistica (1). doi: 10.7146/journalistica.v7i1.15802.
  3. ^ a b "Blick am Abend". Ringier. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  4. ^ Piet Bakker (2010). "Free dailies 2010: the age of the happy monopolist". InPublishing Magazine.
  5. ^ "Blick back to broadsheet". Newspaper Innovation. 16 March 2009. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  6. ^ a b c Blick am Abend expands Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Newspaper Innovation. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2013
  7. ^ a b c Hugo Bigi (2012). Journalism Education between Market Dependence and Social Responsibility: An Examination of Trainee Journalists. Bern; Stuttgart; Wien: Haupt Verlag AG. p. 34. ISBN  978-3-258-07753-6.
  8. ^ "Family' column Blick am Abend" (PDF). FDN Newsletter. No. 39. October 2008. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Blick am Abend St. Gallen & Luzern" (PDF). Newspaper Innovation. No. 48. July–August 2009. p. 1. Archived from the original (Newsletter) on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  10. ^ "Swiss Blick am Abend expands online". Newspaper Innovation. 12 December 2013. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  11. ^ Cyril Jost (4 February 2011). "The challenges confronting the Swiss press". InaGlobal. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  12. ^ "Free newspapers increase in popularity". swissinfo.ch. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  13. ^ "Das ist der letzte "Blick am Abend". persoenlich.com (in German). 21 December 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

External links

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