.ch (newspaper)
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Type | Daily newspaper |
Format | tabloid |
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Owner | Media Punkt AG |
Editor | Rolf Leeb |
Founded | 2007 |
Political allegiance | neutral |
Price | free |
Headquarters | Zurich, Bern, Basel, St. Gallen, Luzern |
Circulation | 430,000 |
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Website: www.punkt.ch |
.ch (English: .ch; spoken: Punkt CH) is a free, ad-financed, tabloid format, daily German language newspaper in Switzerland, launched on September 19 2007. Its name is derived from the Internet country code top-level domain .ch.
With a claimed initial print run of 435,000, .ch is one of the largest daily newspaper in Switzerland, according to 2006 statistics.[1] It is distributed directly to houses in St. Gallen, Zürich, Basel, Bern and Luzern. .ch competes mainly with other free Swiss newspapers such as 20 Minuten, heute and the News.
[edit] References
- ^ 2006 statistics published by WEMF AG für Medienforschung, accessed September 2007
[edit] External links
- (German) Website of punkt.ch