Blick am Abend

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Blick am Abend
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  • 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.

    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.
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    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. ^ .
    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.

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