Heute (newspaper)

Heute

Front page from a 2 April 2008 edition
Type Free daily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Ringier
Editor Daniel Steil
Founded 15 May 2006 (2006-05-15)
Political alignment Neutral
Language German
Ceased publication 30 May 2008 (2008-05-30)
Circulation 200,000
OCLC number 637961425
Website heuteonline.ch (in German), the former website of the defunct newspaper (now redirects to blink.ch, the website of the newspaper Blick (in German))

Heute (literally "Today") was a Swiss German-language free daily newspaper, published between 2006 and 2008 by Ringier in Zurich.

History and operations

Published in tabloid format, Heute was first published on 15 May 2006. It was an afternoon paper.[1]

The paper was the second Pendlerzeitung (commuter newspaper) in Switzerland, after the morning newspaper 20 Minuten, being distributed in the evenings, from approximately 3 pm.

With a claimed initial print run of 200,000, the newspaper was said to have been one of the most popular daily newspapers in Switzerland according to the publisher's own statistics.

The paper ceased publication with a final edition on 30 May 2008. As from 2 June 2008 Heute was replaced by another free newspaper Blick am Abend.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Piet Bakker (2013). "The life cycle of a free newspaper business model in newspaper-rich markets". Journalistica (1). Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Colin Porlezza (2009). "Bridges over the Chinese Wall. The consequences of advertising pressure on the journalistic content" (PDF). Caerdydd. Retrieved 24 January 2015.


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