20 Minuten

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20 Minuten is a free daily newspaper in Switzerland, distributed to commuters in more than 150 train stations. Specific editions are made for the regions of Zurich, Berne, Lucerne, Basel and St. Gallen. Since September 2004, the German language newspaper in tabloid format has been the most widely read daily in Switzerland, surpassing Blick. The audited distribution in 2004 was 329,242 (WEMF) and readership 782,000.

The newspaper was first published in 1999 by "20 Minuten Schweiz AG". The direct competitor metropol was available in Switzerland 2000 to 2002.

Since 2005, 20 Minuten is owned by "Express-Zeitung AG", part of Tamedia group (majority) and Berner Zeitung (17.5%). Thus Swiss newspaper is no longer part of 20 Min Holding AG, owned by Schibsted.

On 8 March 2006, Tamedia launched the French-language edition 20 minutes for the French-speaking agglomerations of Geneva and Lausanne. The newspaper competes with Le Matin Bleu, Edipresse's free edition of Le Matin. In France, the identically named 20 minutes editions are published by Schibsted and Ouest-France.