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Blick am Abend
TypeFree daily
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Ringier
Founder(s)Ringier
Editor-in-chiefPeter Röthlisberger
Founded1 June 2008; 16 years ago (2008-06-01)
LanguageGerman
Ceased publication21 December 2018; 5 years ago (2018-12-21)
HeadquartersZürich
Circulation329,418 (2010)
Sister newspapersBlick
WebsiteBlick am Abend

Blick am Abend was a German free evening newspaper published in Switzerland and based in Zürich.

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 Zurich, Berne and Basle.[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] In 2010 its circulation was 329,418 copies[11] and its 2010 readership was 604,000.[12]

Blick am Abend was discontinued in December 2018.[13]

See also

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). Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  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. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  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. Haupt Verlag AG. p. 34. ISBN 978-3-258-07753-6.
  8. ^ "Family' column Blick am Abend" (PDF). FDN Newsletter. No. 39. October 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Blick am Abend St. Gallen & Luzern" (Newsletter (No. 48)). Newspaper Innovation. July–August 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. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  12. ^ Free newspapers increase in popularity Swiss Info. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2013
  13. ^ Das ist der letzte "Blick am Abend" persoenlich.com. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2021
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