Blick am Abend was a free evening newspaper published in Switzerland and based in Zürich. It existed between 2008 and 2018.
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| Type | Free daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Ringier |
| Founder(s) | Ringier |
| Editor-in-chief | Peter Röthlisberger |
| Founded | 1 June 2008 |
| Language | German |
| Ceased publication | 21 December 2018 |
| Headquarters | Zürich |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sister newspapers | Blick |
History and profile
editBlick 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
edit- ^ Ringier Today Archived 13 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Ringier. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ Piet Bakker (2013). "The life cycle of a free newspaper business model in newspaper-rich markets". Journalistica (1). doi:10.7146/journalistica.v7i1.15802.
- ^ a b "Blick am Abend". Ringier. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- ^ Piet Bakker (2010). "Free dailies 2010: the age of the happy monopolist". InPublishing Magazine.
- ^ "Blick back to broadsheet". Newspaper Innovation. 16 March 2009. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c Blick am Abend expands[usurped] Newspaper Innovation. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2013
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Family' column Blick am Abend" (PDF). FDN Newsletter. No. 39. October 2008. p. 4. Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Blick am Abend St. Gallen & Luzern" (PDF). Newspaper Innovation. No. 48. July–August 2009. p. 1. Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Swiss Blick am Abend expands online". Newspaper Innovation. 12 December 2013. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Cyril Jost (4 February 2011). "The challenges confronting the Swiss press". InaGlobal. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "Free newspapers increase in popularity". swissinfo.ch. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- ^ "Das ist der letzte "Blick am Abend". persoenlich.com (in German). 21 December 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
