20 Minuten

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20 Minuten (English: 20 Minutes) is a German language free daily newspaper in Switzerland, distributed to commuters at over 150 train stations across the country.

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

Since 2005, 20 Minuten has been owned by "Express-Zeitung AG" which is a jointly owned by Tamedia group (majority holding) and Berner Zeitung (17.5%).

In the German-speaking parts of Switzerland specific editions are made for the regions of Zurich, Berne, Lucerne, Basel and St. Gallen. Since September 2004, the German edition which comes in a tabloid format has been the most widely read daily in Switzerland, surpassing Blick. The audited distribution in 2004 was 329,242 (WEMF) and it had a readership of an estimated 782,000.

[edit] French language edition

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.

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