Blick am Abend explained

Type:Free daily newspaper
Format:Tabloid
Owners:Ringier
Founder:Ringier
Chiefeditor:Peter Röthlisberger
Foundation:1 June 2008
Language:German
Ceased Publication:21 December 2018
Headquarters:Zürich
Publishing Country:Switzerland
Sister Newspapers:Blick

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.[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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ringier.com/en/about_ringier/history/ringier_today Ringier Today
  2. Piet Bakker. The life cycle of a free newspaper business model in newspaper-rich markets. Journalistica. 2013. 1. 10.7146/journalistica.v7i1.15802. free.
  3. Web site: Blick am Abend. Ringier. 5 December 2013. 13 December 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131213135048/http://www.ringier.com/en/products/switzerland/newspapers/blick-am-abend.
  4. Piet Bakker. Free dailies 2010: the age of the happy monopolist. InPublishing Magazine. 2010.
  5. News: Blick back to broadsheet. 4 February 2015. Newspaper Innovation. 16 March 2009. 4 February 2015. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20150204215935/http://www.newspaperinnovation.com/index.php/2009/03/16/blick-back-to-broadsheet/.
  6. Newspaper Innovation. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2013
  7. Book: Hugo Bigi. Journalism Education between Market Dependence and Social Responsibility: An Examination of Trainee Journalists. 2012. 34. Haupt Verlag AG. 978-3-258-07753-6. Bern; Stuttgart; Wien.
  8. News: Family' column Blick am Abend. 2 December 2014. FDN Newsletter. 39. October 2008. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20091015120627/http://www.newspaperinnovation.com/wp-content/uploads/newsletter3908.pdf. 15 October 2009. 4.
  9. News: Blick am Abend St. Gallen & Luzern. 15 October 2009. usurped. 48. 5 December 2013. Newspaper Innovation. 1. https://web.archive.org/web/20091015122456/http://www.newspaperinnovation.com/wp-content/uploads/newsletter4809.pdf. July–August 2009. Newsletter.
  10. News: Swiss Blick am Abend expands online. Newspaper Innovation. 12 December 2013. 26 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150801075547/http://www.newspaperinnovation.com/index.php/2013/12/12/swiss-blick-am-abend-expands-online/. 1 August 2015. usurped.
  11. News: Cyril Jost. The challenges confronting the Swiss press. InaGlobal. 4 February 2011. 23 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20110517075624/http://www.inaglobal.fr/en/press/article/challenges-confronting-swiss-press. dead. 17 May 2011.
  12. News: Free newspapers increase in popularity. swissinfo.ch. 5 December 2013. 22 March 2011.
  13. Web site: Das ist der letzte "Blick am Abend. persoenlich.com. 21 December 2018. 12 January 2021. de.

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