List of newspapers in Switzerland explained

The number of newspapers in Switzerland was 406 before World War I. It reduced to 257 in 1995 and 197 in 2010.^[1] Prior to the 18th century, the Swiss press market was small, being limited to the elites who were literate, though development varied by region and language. The authorities of the Cantons of Switzerland also censored the press, which mostly prevented newspapers from reporting many aspects of local and confederal news. Due to the influence of the Enlightenment this began to change in the 1730s. The Helvetic Republic proclaimed national freedom of the press, but soon after censorship by the government increased again. The Tagsatzung made efforts to unify cantonal censorship practices through several decrees relating to the press and foreigners, which renewed efforts to get freedom of the press. This was achieved during the restoration period, after which a politically active press became present in all the linguistic regions of the country. Most papers then served to politically propagandize, even when operating as a loss. Press later became commercial, first in Francophone Switzerland in the 1870s, followed by German-speaking Switzerland in the 1890s; Italian-speaking Switzerland only did the same towards the end of the 20th century.

Switzerland has a high rate of newspaper reading, even with the creation of electronic media. The Francophone press market was, for several generations, dominated by Edipresse (Lausanne, which owned most of the dailies) and Ringier (Zurich, owned most of the magazines), but new competition arrived in the 21st century. Edipresse's Swiss operations were in 2009 bought out by Tamedia (Zurich; now TX Group). The country was ranked 9th in the yearly Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders in 2024.^[2]

Current

German language

The leading German-language papers in Switzerland are the Blick, Tages-Anzeiger, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, and Basler Zeitung.

Name	Established	Owner	City	Canton	Type	Occurrence
20 Minuten	1999				Free	Daily
Baslerstab	1977	Basler Zeitung Medien	Basel	Basel-Stadt	Free	Daily
Aargauer Zeitung	1996	AZ Medien Gruppe	Aarau	Canton of Aargau	Paid	Daily
	1828	CH Media		Appenzell Ausserrhoden/Appenzell Innerrhoden	Paid	Daily
Basellandschaftliche Zeitung (bz)	1832	Luedin	Liestal	Basel-Landschaft	Paid	Daily
Basler Zeitung (BaZ)	1977	Basler Zeitung Medien	Basel	Basel-Stadt	Paid	Daily
Berner Zeitung	1979		Bern	Canton of Bern	Paid	Daily
Bieler Tagblatt	1850	Gassmann AG	Biel/Bienne	Canton of Bern	Paid	Daily	^[3]
Blick	1959		Zurich	Canton of Zurich	Paid	Daily
Bote der Urschweiz	1858	Triner family	Schwyz	Canton of Schwyz	Paid	Daily
Bote vom Untersee und Rhein	1900	Keller family	Steckborn	Canton of Thurgau	Paid	Twice weekly	^[4]
Der Bund	1850		Bern	Canton of Bern	Paid	Daily	^[5]
/ Posta Ladina	1894	Gammeter Media AG		Canton of the Grisons			^[6]
	1928	TX Group	Zurich	Canton of Zurich	Paid	Weekly
	1904	Freiburger Nachrichten AG	Fribourg	Canton of Fribourg	Paid	Daily
Handelszeitung	1861	Axel Springer SE	Zurich	Canton of Zurich	Paid	Weekly
Der Landbote	1836	Ziegler Druck und Verlags AG	Winterthur	Canton of Zurich	Paid	Daily
Limmattaler Zeitung	1972	AZ Medien	Dietikon	Canton of Zurich	Paid	Daily
Luzerner Zeitung	1996	CH Media	Lucerne	Canton of Lucerne	Paid	Daily
Neue Zürcher Zeitung	1780		Zurich	Canton of Zurich	Paid	Daily
Neue Liewo	1993	Liechtensteiner Vaterland	Werdenberg	Canton of St. Gallen	Paid	Weekly
Nidwaldner Zeitung	1866	CH Media		Canton of Nidwalden	Paid	Daily
	1983			Canton of the Grisons
Obersee Nachrichten	1981	Zürcher Regionalzeitungen AG	Rapperswil	Canton of St. Gallen	Free	Weekly
	2009	TX Group			Paid	Weekly
St. Galler Tagblatt	1839	St. Galler Tagblatt AG	St. Gallen	Canton of St. Gallen	Paid	Daily
Solothurner Zeitung	1878	AZ Medien		Canton of Solothurn	Paid	Thrice weekly
Die Südostschweiz	1997	Somedia	Chur	Canton of the Grisons	Paid	Daily
	1730	TX Group	Zurich	Canton of Zurich	Free	Weekly
Tages-Anzeiger	1893		Zurich	Canton of Zurich	Paid	Daily
TagesWoche	2011	Neue Medien Basel AG	Basel	Basel-Stadt	Hybrid	Weekly/Online
Tessiner Zeitung	1908	Rezzonico Editore SA	Locarno	Canton of Ticino	Paid	Weekly
Thurgauer Zeitung	1798	Thurgauer Medien AG	St. Gallen	Canton of St. Gallen	Paid	Daily
	1840	Mengis Druck & Verlag		Canton of Valais	Paid	Daily	^[7]
Watson	2014	CH Media	N/A	N/A	Free	Online
WOZ Die Wochenzeitung	1981	Genossenschaft infolink	Zurich	Canton of Zurich	Paid	Weekly
	1991	CH Media	Zug	Canton of Zug	Paid
Zürcher Oberländer	1852	Zürcher Oberland Medien AG	Wetzikon	Canton of Zurich	Paid	Daily	^[8]
Zürcher Unterländer	1852	TA Medien AG	Bülach	Canton of Zurich	Paid	Daily
Zürichsee-Zeitung	1845	Zürcher Regionalzeitungen AG	Stäfa	Canton of Zurich	Paid	Daily

French language

The leading Francophone papers in Switzerland are the 24 heures, Tribune de Genève, La Liberté, and Le Temps. Priopr to 1830, the press was limited, largely due to government censorship which made covering political topics difficult. There were a few political newspapers, but they usually had short lifespans, in addition to some opinion papers. Due to the increased freedoms in the post 1830 period, the amount of newspapers dramatically increased. From 1870 to 1910, there was also a large increase in local Francophone papers, whereas before there were largely only papers for cantonal capitals and cities. There was also a cantonal press, with more professional journalism and with a larger format (also with access to news agencies). Many such papers were expressly political and partisan; in contrast there was a more neutral press, like the Tribune de Genève, L'Impartial, and , which were successful.

In this period the only papers with multiple canton circulation were the Tribune de Genève, Journal de Genève, and the Gazette de Lausanne. Toward the end of the 19th century, the Francophone press became increasingly commercialized, which resulted in tension between the cantonal and local news (who often took from the cantonal press for their information), and several journalist associations were created at the turn of the century. From 1910 to the mid 1950s there was a steady number of papers, with about 110. During the 1970s there was a decline in titles, with mergers and closers, resulting in part from changes in advertising. The company Lousonna, later Edipresse, became increasingly dominant and would later own a large portion of the industry. It competed with Tamedia (TX Group), which acquired its Swiss operations in 2009.

Name	Established	Owner	City	Canton	Type	Occurrence
20 minutes	2006				Free	Daily	^[9]
24 heures	1762		Lausanne	Canton of Vaud	Paid	Daily
L'Ajoie	2014	L'Ajoie Editions SA	Porrentruy	Canton of Jura	Paid	Weekly	^[10]
ArcInfo	2018	ESH Médias	Neuchâtel	Canton of Neuchâtel	Paid	Daily	^[11] ^[12]
Les Afriques	2007	Les Afriques Editions et Communication SA	Geneva	Canton of Geneva		Weekly
	1950	Agefi Groupe SA	Échandens	Canton of Vaud	Paid	Twice weekly	^[13]
Blick	1959	Ringier	Zurich	Canton of Zurich	Free	Daily
La Côte	1987	ESH Médias	Nyon	Canton of Vaud	Paid	Daily
	1861		Martigny	Canton of Valais	Paid	Weekly	^[14]
Le Courrier	1868	Nouvelle association du Courrier	Geneva	Canton of Geneva	Paid	Daily
La Gruyère	1882	St. Paul SA	Fribourg	Canton of Fribourg	Paid	Thrice weekly	^[15]
Le Messager		St. Paul SA	Châtel-Saint-Denis	Canton of Fribourg	Paid
La Broye Hebdo		St. Paul SA		Canton of Fribourg	Paid	Weekly
Journal du Jura	1871	Gassmann AG	Biel/Bienne	Canton of Bern	Paid	Daily
	1931		Sierre	Canton of Valais	Paid	Twice monthly	^[16]
La Liberté	1871	St. Paul SA	Fribourg	Canton of Fribourg	Paid	Daily	^[17]
Le Matin	1893	Edipresse	Lausanne	Canton of Vaud	Paid	Daily
Le Nouvelliste	1903	Éditions Le Nouvelliste	Sion	Canton of Valais	Paid	Daily	^[18]
Nouvelle revue	1868		Lausanne	Canton of Vaud	Paid	Monthly
Le Quotidien Jurassien	1993		Delémont	Canton of Jura	Paid	Daily
La Région
Le Temps	1998	Fondation Aventinus	Geneva	Canton of Geneva	Paid	Daily
Tribune de Genève	1879	TX Group	Geneva	Canton of Geneva	Paid	Daily
Watson	2014	CH Media	N/A	N/A	Free	Online

Italian language

Journalism in Ticino declined during the period of Napoleon's rule, due to French influence and suppression. Following the restoration there was a resurgence.

Name	Established	Owner	City	Canton	Type	Occurrence
L'Avvenire dei Lavoratori	1897		Zurich	Canton of Zurich		Quarterly
Corriere del Ticino	1891	Fondazione per il Corriere del Ticino	Muzzano	Canton of Ticino	Paid	Daily
Giornale del Popolo	1926	Nuova Società Editrice del Giornale del Popolo SA	Lugano	Canton of Ticino	Paid	Daily
Il Grigione Italiano	1852		Poschiavo	Canton of the Grisons	Paid	Weekly
LaNotizia		S. Publishing	Basel	Basel-Stadt		Daily
laRegione Ticino	1992	Giacomo Salvioni	Bellinzona	Canton of Ticino	Paid	Daily
20 Minuti	2011				Free	Daily

Romansh language

Romansh language press has only existed since the 19th century, with the singular exception of the paper, founded in 1700. As the language is divided into five different written forms and the Grisons are divided by Christian denomination, the papers created reflected this linguistic and religious diversity. Papers were regional, mostly weekly or twice weekly and largely had low print runs. In 1997, all Romansh papers besides and / Posta Ladina were absorbed into the paper La Quotidiana, the first daily Romansh newspaper.

Name	Established	Owner	City	Canton	Type	Occurrence
	1945			Canton of the Grisons
La Quotidiana	1997	Somedia	Chur	Canton of the Grisons	Paid	Daily	^[19]
/ Posta Ladina	1894	Gammeter Media AG		Canton of the Grisons

Other languages

Name	Owner	Established	City	Canton	Language	Type	Occurrence
Bota Sot	Mazrekaj Media	1995	Zurich (formerly: now published in Kosovo)	Canton of Zurich	Albanian	Paid	Daily
Le News	Le News Sàrl	2013	Lausanne	Canton of Vaud	English	Free	Twice weekly

Defunct

German language

Name	Established	Defunct	City	Canton	Type	Occurrence	Notes
	1597	?					One of the first German-language Swiss papers
Ordinari-Zeitung	1610/1611	?	Basel	Basel-Stadt	Paid	Weekly	One of several papers with this title, generally pure news, common in trade and commercial cities. Ordinary as in regular publication of the paper (then not a given). Separate paper in the same city started again in 1682
Ordinari-Zeitung	1622/1623	?	Zurich	Canton of Zurich	Paid	Weekly	Sometimes called the Ordinari-Post-Zeitung or Wochentliche Ordinari-Post-Zeitung after 1934
Ordinari-Zeitung	1639	?	Lucerne	Canton of Lucerne	Paid	Weekly
Berner Zeitung	1665	1666	Bern	Canton of Bern			One of several publications called the Berner Zeitung. Banned by the authorities a year after its creation for printing an article criticizing the First War of Villmergen
Ordinari-Mittwochen-Zeitung	1679	?	Zurich	Canton of Zurich	Paid	Weekly
Donnerstägliche Post- und Ordinari-Zeitung	1687	?	Bern	Canton of Bern	Paid	Weekly
Zinstägliche Ordinari-Zeitung	?	?	Bern	Canton of Bern	Paid	Weekly	Printed Tuesdays
Berner Wochenblatt	1730s	1833	Bern	Canton of Bern	Paid	Weekly	Previously called the Avis-Blättlein, Hoch-Obrigkeitlich Privilegiertes Avis-Blättlein, Hoch-Obrigkeitlich Privilegiertes-Avisblatt, Hoch-Obrigkeitlich Privilegiertes-Wochenblatt. Succeeded by the Der Bernische Anzeiger	^[20]
Zürcherisches Wochenblatt	1730	1843	Zurich	Canton of Zurich	Paid	Twice weekly	Originally known as the Donnstags-Nachrichten, then the Donnstags-Blatt. Taken over by the Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich	^[21]
Berner Volksfreund	1831	1845	Burgdorf	Canton of Bern	Paid	Twice weekly	Founded by Karl and Johann Schnell. Succeeded by the Berner Volkszeitung	^[22]
Allgemeine Schweizer Zeitung	1831	1846	Bern	Canton of Bern	Paid	Thrice weekly	Succeeded the Neue Schweizer Zeitung	^[23]
Bündner Landbote	1845	1847	Chur	Canton of the Grisons	Paid	Weekly		^[24]
Berner Volkszeitung	1846	1847	Bern	Canton of Bern	Paid	Daily	Founded by Johann Ludwig Schnell and Eduard Blösch. Succeeded by the Emmenthaler Bote
Der freie Rhätier	1843	1848				Biweekly	Liberal orientation, created by Peter Conradin von Planta
Wochenblatt für die vier löblichen Kantone Ury, Schwytz, Unterwalden und Zug	1814	1849	Zug	Canton of Zug	Paid	Weekly	Later published as the Neue Zuger-Zeitung, then the Zuger-Zeitung, then the Der freie Schweizer	^[25]
Zugerisches Kantonsblatt	1849	1858	Zug	Canton of Zug	Paid	Weekly		^[26]
Solothurner Blatt	1831	1861		Canton of Solothurn	Paid	Twice weekly
Der Wahrheitsfreund	1835	1863	St. Gallen	Canton of St. Gallen	Paid	Weekly	First published as Der St. Gallische Wahrheitsfreund; succeeded by the Ostschweiz	^[27]
Der Zugerbieter	1865	1868	Zug	Canton of Zug	Paid	Weekly	Absorbed by the Neue Zuger-Zeitung in 1868	^[28]
Tagwacht	1869	1880	Zurich	Canton of Zurich	Paid	Twice weekly	Called Diane in French.
Der Sozialdemokrat	1867	1887	Zurich	Canton of Zurich	Paid
Neue Zuger Zeitung	1846	1891	Zug	Canton of Zug	Paid		Merged with the Zuger Nachrichten in 1891
Bündner Nachrichten	1885	1892	Chur	Canton of the Grisons	Paid	Daily	Merged in 1892 with the Der Freie Rätie, with the successor paper keeping that title	^[29]
Der Schweizerische Sozialdemokrat	1888	1892		Canton of Bern			Succeeded by the Berner Tagwacht	^[30]
Berner Zeitung	1831	1894	Bern	Canton of Bern	Paid	Daily	One of several publications called the Berner Zeitung. Created by Jakob Stämpfli	^[31]
Walliser Nachrichten	1901	1903	Sierre	Canton of Valais	Paid	Twice weekly		^[32]
Zürcher Nachrichten	1896	1904	Zurich	Canton of Zurich	Paid	Daily	Succeeded by the Neue Zürcher Nachrichten	^[33]
Seeländer Nachrichten		1904		Canton of Bern			Merged with the Seeländer Bote and the Tagblatt für die Stadt Biel to form the Bieler Tagblatt
Tagblatt für die Stadt Biel		1904		Canton of Bern			Merged with the Seeländer Bote and the Seeländer Nachrichten to form the Bieler Tagblatt
Der Weckruf	1903	1907	Geneva	Canton of Geneva			German version of Le Réveil	^[34]
Berner Volksfreund	1875	1910	Burgdorf	Canton of Bern	Paid	Daily	Succeeded the Emmenthaler Bote, succeeded by the Burgdorfer Tagblatt	^[35]
	1674	1914	Zurich	Canton of Zurich	Paid	Weekly	Changed its name several times. Formerly known as the Ordinari Wochen-Zeitung, Ordinari-Zeitungen, the Freytägliche Wochenzeitung, Züricher Freitags-Zeitung and then Zürcherische Freitagszeitung. Nicknamed the Bürkli-Zeitung to distinguish it from the other Zürcher Zeitung
Walliser Volkszeitung	1921	1924	Brig	Canton of Valais	Paid	Weekly		^[36]
Volkswacht am Bodensee	1909	1934	Romanshorn	Canton of Thurgau	Paid
Der Demokrat	1957	1959		Canton of Valais	Paid			^[37]
Briger Anzeiger	1899	1961		Canton of Valais		Twice weekly	Later became the Walliser Nachrichten-Briger Anzeiger. Merged with the Walliser Bote in 1961	^[38]
Zuger Volksblatt	1861	1965	Zug	Canton of Zug	Paid	Thrice weekly	Ceased publication in 1966, to be replaced with the Zuger Tagblatt/Zuger Zeitung	^[39]
Seeländer Volkszeitung	1920	1966	Biel/Bienne	Canton of Bern			Merged with the Berner Tagwacht in 1966
Neue Berner Zeitung	1919	1973		Canton of Bern
Der Freie Rätier	1868	1975		Canton of the Grisons	Paid	Daily	Created to replace the Bündner Volkszeitung. The Bündner Nachrichten was merged into it. Initially called Der freie Rhätier, then Der freie Rätier then Der Freie Rätier. Merged with the Bündner Zeitung in 1975
National-Zeitung	1842	1977	Basel	Basel-Stadt			Formerly the Der Schweizerische Volksfreund. Merged with the Basler Nachrichten to form the Basler Zeitung
Basler Nachrichten	1844	1977	Basel	Basel-Stadt	Paid	Daily	Succeeded the Avis-Blatt and was initially founded as the Allgemeines Intelligenzblatt der Stadt Basel, before changing its name to the Basler Nachrichten aus der Schweiz und für die Schweiz and finally just the Basler Nachrichten. Merged with the National-Zeitung to form the Basler Zeitung
Berner Nachrichten	1976	1979		Canton of Bern			Merged with the Berner Tagblatt to form the still existing Berner Zeitung
Die Tat	1935	1978	Zurich	Canton of Zurich	Paid	Daily		^[40]
Walliser Volksfreund	1920	1989	Brig	Canton of Valais	Paid	Weekly		^[41]
Nidwaldner Volksblatt	1866	1991		Canton of Nidwalden	Paid	Daily	Merged with the Nidwaldner Tagblatt in 1991, to become the Nidwaldner Zeitung, which became a regional version of the Luzerner Zeitung
Neue Zürcher Nachrichten	1904	1991	Zurich	Canton of Zurich	Paid	Daily	Preceded by the Zürcher Nachrichten.
Badener Tagblatt	1856	1996		Canton of Aargau	Paid	Daily	Formerly the Tagblatt der Stadt Baden, succeeded the Neue Eidgenössische Zeitung. Had two local editions, which were the Bremgartner Tagblatt and the Freiämter Nachrichten. Merged alongside the Aargauer Tagblatt into the Aargauer Zeitung
	1886	1996	Zug	Canton of Zug	Paid	Daily	Had the Neue Zuger Zeitung merged into it in 1891. Merged with the Zuger Zeitung in 1996 to form the Neue Zuger Zeitung, which became a twin edition to the Luzerner Zeitung	^[42]
Zuger Zeitung	1966	1996					Successor to the Zuger Volksblatt, formerly the Zuger Tagblatt. Merged with the Zuger Nachrichten in 1996 to form the Neue Zuger Zeitung, which became a twin edition to the Luzerner Zeitung
Berner Tagwacht	1892	1997	Bern	Canton of Bern	Paid	Daily	Socialist paper. Successor to the Der Schweizerische Sozialdemokrat. Succeeded by the Die Hauptstadt
Neue Bündner Zeitung	1892	1997	Chur	Canton of the Grisons	Paid	Daily	Absorbed into Die Südostschweiz
Die Hauptstadt	1998	1998	Bern	Canton of Bern	Paid	Weekly	Successor to the Berner Tagwacht, failed due to financial issues after six months
Aktiv	1930	1998		Canton of Bern	Paid	Monthly	Initially the Der schweizerische Metallarbeiter and then the CMV-Zeitung. Later became a magazine, Syna	^[43]
Metropol	2000	2002			Free	Daily	Swiss edition of Metro.
Die Weltwoche	1933	2002	Zurich	Canton of Zurich	Paid	Weekly	Became a magazine in 2002
Wir Brückenbauer	1942	2004	Zurich	Canton of Zurich	Paid	Weekly	Became a magazine and was renamed Migros Magazin in 2004.	^[44]
Heute	2006	2008	Zurich	Canton of Zurich	Free	Daily
.ch	2007	2009	Zurich	Canton of Zurich	Free	Daily
News	2007	2009			Free	Daily
	1911	2012	Burgdorf	Canton of Bern	Paid	Five times a week	Ultimate successor to the Berner Volksfreund which started in 1831. Frequently changed publishing format. Merged with the free paper Aemme Zytig in 2004 which used its name until 2012	^[45]
Schweiz am Sonntag	2007	2017			Paid	Weekly
Blick am Abend	2008	2018	Zurich	Canton of Zurich	Free	Daily

French language

Name	Established	Defunct	City	Canton	Type	Occurrence	Notes
Gazette de Berne	1689	1798	Bern	Canton of Bern	Paid	Twice weekly	At some times officially titled the Nouvelles de divers endroits and the Nouvelles politiques.	^[46]
Bulletin des séances de la Constituante	1839	1839		Canton of Valais		Thrice weekly	Replaced by the Echo des Alpes	^[47]
Le défenseur de la religion et du peuple	1839	1840		Canton of Valais	Paid	Weekly		^[48]
Kolokol	1857	1867	Geneva	Canton of Geneva	Paid	Weekly	Also in Russian.
Le bien public	1879	1888	Fribourg	Canton of Fribourg	Paid	Thrice weekly	Merged with the paper Le Chroniqueur Suisse in 1882, after which it became the Le Bien public - Chroniqueur suisse	^[49]
Le Bas-Valaisan	1904	1906	Monthey	Canton of Valais	Paid	Weekly	Left-wing paper, succeeded by Le Simplon	^[50]
Le Simplon	1906	1908		Canton of Valais			Successor to Le Bas-Valaisan
Le Grutléen	1909	1917	Lausanne	Canton of Vaud	Paid	Weekly	Replaced by Le Droit du Peuple
La Nouvelle Internationale	1917	1921	Geneva	Canton of Geneva	Paid	Weekly	Succeeded Le Peuple suisse. Succeeded by l'Avant-garde	^[51] ^[52]
L’Ami du Peuple	1878	1922		Canton of Valais	Paid	Twice weekly	Initially located in Fribourg; later changed its name and became L'Ami du Peuple valaisan	^[53]
L'Avenir	1921	1923	Monthey	Canton of Valais	Paid	Weekly		^[54]
La Nation Arabe	1930	1938	Geneva	Canton of Geneva	Paid	Monthly
Le Réveil	1900	1940	Geneva	Canton of Geneva	Paid	Bimonthly	Anarchist paper, also published as Le Réveil socialiste-anarchiste, Le Réveil communiste-anarchiste, and Le Réveil anarchiste
Le Droit du Peuple	1917	1940	Lausanne	Canton of Vaud	Paid	Daily	Banned by the Federal Council in 1940
Le Travail	1922	1940	Geneva	Canton of Geneva	Paid	Daily	Formerly La Voix du Travail. Banned by the Federal Council in 1940, though a few secret issues continued after. Succeeded by La Voix ouvrière in 1944 (later the magazine Gauchebdo)
Curieux	1936	1956	Neuchâtel	Canton of Neuchâtel	Paid	Weekly
La Sentinelle	1890	1966	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Canton of Neuchâtel	Paid	Daily	Merged in 1966 with Le Peuple to form Le Peuple - La Sentinelle
Le Peuple	1939	1966			Paid	Daily	Merged in 1966 with La Sentinelle to form Le Peuple - La Sentinelle
Feuille d'Avis de Bulle et de Châtel-Saint-Denis	1908	1969		Canton of Fribourg	Paid		Merged into La Gruyère
Le Peuple - La Sentinelle	1966	1971	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Canton of Neuchâtel	Paid	Daily	Formed out of a merger between Le Peuple and La Sentinelle
	1879	1984	Lausanne	Canton of Vaud	Paid	Daily	Succeeded by Le Matin
Gazette de Lausanne	1798	1991	Geneva	Canton of Geneva	Paid	Daily	Merged with the Journal de Genève to form the Journal de Genève et Gazette de Lausanne.
Journal de Genève	1826	1991	Geneva	Canton of Geneva	Paid	Daily	Merged with the Gazette de Lausanne to form the Journal de Genève et Gazette de Lausanne.
Le Pays	1873	1993	Porrentruy	Canton of Jura	Paid	Daily	Merged with Le Démocrate to form Le Quotidien jurassien in 1993
Le Démocrate	1877	1993	Delémont	Canton of Jura	Paid	Daily	Merged with Le Pays to form Le Quotidien jurassien in 1993
La Suisse	1898	1994	Geneva	Canton of Geneva	Paid	Daily	Went bankrupt in 1994
Journal de Genève et Gazette de Lausanne	1991	1998	Geneva	Canton of Geneva	Paid	Daily	Merger from Journal de Genève and the Gazette de Lausanne. Merged with the Le Nouveau Quotidien in 1998 to form Le Temps.
Le Nouveau Quotidien	1991	1998	Lausanne	Canton of Vaud	Paid	Daily	Merged with the Journal de Genève et Gazette de Lausanne in 1998 to form Le Temps.
Le Nord vaudois	1776	2005	Yverdon	Canton of Vaud		Daily	Previously Feuille d'Avis d'Yverdon, Journal du Nord Vaudois. Then La presse Nord Vaudois. Became a local edition of 24 heures in 2005
dimanche.ch	1999	2003			Paid	Weekly
Le Matin Bleu	2005	2009	Lausanne	Canton of Vaud	Free	Daily
L'Express	1738	2018	Neuchâtel	Canton of Neuchâtel	Paid	Daily	Merged with L'Impartial to form ArcInfo. Formerly known as the Feuille d'Avis de Neuchâtel, which merged with a paper called L'Express in 1891, from which it took its title	^[55]
L'Impartial	1881	2018	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Canton of Neuchâtel	Paid	Daily	Merged with L'Express to form ArcInfo.

Italian language

Name	Established	Defunct	City	Canton	Type	Occurrence	Notes
Nuove di diverse corti e paesi	1746	1799	Lugano	Canton of Ticino	Paid	Weekly	First Italian language newspaper in Switzerland
Gazzetta di Lugano		1821	Lugano	Canton of Ticino	Paid	Weekly
Corriere Svizzero				Canton of Ticino	Paid		Succeded by the Osservatore del Ceresio
Osservatore del Ceresio				Canton of Ticino	Paid
Telegrafo delle Alpi		1806		Canton of Ticino	Paid
L'Amico del Popolo di Mesolcina e Calanca	1880	1882	Grono	Canton of the Grisons	Paid	Weekly		^[56]
Falce e Martello	1925	1936	Zurich	Canton of Zurich	Paid	Weekly
L'Avanguardia	1920	1951		Canton of Ticino	Paid
Il Dovere	1878	1992		Canton of Ticino	Paid	Thrice weekly	Merged with Eco di Locarno to form La Regione
Eco di Locarno	1935	1992	Locarno	Canton of Ticino	Paid	Thrice weekly	Merged with Il Dovere to form La Regione
Libera Stampa	1913	1993		Canton of Ticino	Paid	Daily
Gazzetta Ticinese	1821	1996	Lugano	Canton of Ticino	Paid	Daily	First daily paper in Ticino
Il San Bernardino	1894	2012	San Bernadino	Canton of the Grisons	Paid	Weekly	Changed title to Il S. Bernadino in 1904. Merged into La voce del San Bernardino in 2012	^[57]
La voce della Rezia	1926	2012	San Bernadino	Canton of the Grisons	Paid	Weekly	Merger of two prior titles. La voce delle valli after 1948. Merged into La voce del San Bernardino in 2012	^[58] ^[59]
La voce del San Bernardino	2012	2017	San Bernadino	Canton of the Grisons	Paid	Weekly	Merged into Il Grigione Italiano	^[60]

Romansh language

Name	Established	Defunct	City	Canton	Type	Occurrence	Notes
	1700	1724		Canton of the Grisons
Grischun Romontsch	1836	?		Canton of the Grisons
Fögl d'Engiadina	1857	1940		Canton of the Grisons			Putèr dialect. Merged with the Gazetta Ladina to form the Fögl Ladin in 1940
Gazetta Ladina	1922	1940		Canton of the Grisons			Vallader dialect. Merged with the Fögl d'Engiadina to form the Fögl Ladin in 1940
Casa paterna	1920	1976		Canton of the Grisons			Merged in 1976 with Casa paterna
La Pùnt	1951	1976		Canton of the Grisons			Merged in 1976 with La Pùnt
	1976	1997		Canton of the Grisons			Merged into La Quotidiana
	1940	1997		Canton of the Grisons			Created out of a merger between the Fögl d'Engiadina and the Gazetta Ladina. Merged into La Quotidiana
	1857	1997		Canton of the Grisons			Later Nova Gasetta Romontscha. Merged into La Quotidiana

Other languages

Name	Established	Defunct	City	Canton	Language	Type	Occurrence	Notes
Kolokol	1857	1867	Geneva	Canton of Geneva	Russian/French	Paid	Weekly
Narodnoye delo	1867	?	Geneva	Canton of Geneva	Russian	Paid
Vperyod	1904	1905	Geneva	Canton of Geneva	Russian	Paid
Mizan	1886	1909	Geneva	Canton of Geneva	Turkish	Paid	Weekly

See also

• List of magazines in Switzerland

Notes and References

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