20 Minuten
20 Minuten is Switzerland's most-read free commuter newspaper and news site, based in Zurich and owned by TX Group. It presents itself as politically neutral and reaches a very large, broad audience in German-speaking Switzerland.
20 Minuten at a glance
- Country
- Switzerland
- Region
- Western Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Tabloid
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Founded
- 1999
- Owner
- TX Group
- Published from
- Zurich
- Website
- 20min.ch ↗
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How Crosswire groups 20 Minuten
Crosswire groups 20 Minuten as Centrist for comparisons within Switzerland's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Switzerland, NZZ is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open 20 Minuten beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where 20 Minuten sits in Switzerland's press
20 Minuten was founded in 1999, is published from Zurich and is owned by TX Group. It is one of 5 outlets tracked in Switzerland, and one of 2 tabloids among them — the other being Blick. By outlets tracked, Switzerland ranks 30th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 19 of the 23 tabloids in the directory. The nearest counterparts to 20 Minuten outside Switzerland, starting with Western Europe, are VG (Norway), Aftonbladet (Sweden), Ekstra Bladet (Denmark) and Ilta-Sanomat (Finland). Opening one of them beside 20 Minuten is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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