Blick am Abend

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

Blick am Abend
21 December 2018 issue
TypeFree daily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Ringier
Founder(s)Ringier
Editor-in-chiefPeter Röthlisberger
Founded1 June 2008
LanguageGerman
Ceased publication21 December 2018
HeadquartersZürich
CountrySwitzerland
Sister newspapersBlick

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] 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]

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). doi:10.7146/journalistica.v7i1.15802.
  3. "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. Blick am Abend expands Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Newspaper Innovation. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2013
  7. 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. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  9. "Blick am Abend St. Gallen & Luzern" (Newsletter). Newspaper Innovation. No. 48. 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". 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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