Blick

Blick was established in 1959.{{cite journal|author1=A. Mattenschlager|author2=H. Riedle|title=Media construction of national identities in Germany and Switzerland|journal=Conflict and Communication Online|date=2003|volume=2|issue=1|url=http://www.cco.regener-online.de/2003_1/pdf_2003_1/mattenschlager_riedle.pdf|access-date=23 December 2014}}{{Cite web |title=Blick |url=https://www.eurotopics.net/de/148425/blick |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=eurotopics |language=de}} The newspaper was the first Swiss tabloid publication.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

The format of Blick was broadsheet until 2005 when it was switched to tabloid. The new format induced controversies: protests began and many boycotted the scandalous newspaper. It was nevertheless a huge financial success. However, in 2009 the daily changed its format to broadsheet.{{cite web|title=Changing format: newspapers switching between broadsheet and tabloid|url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/2009/03/23/changing-format-newspapers-switching-between-broadsheet-and-tabloid|work=WAN-IFRA|access-date=5 December 2013|date=23 March 2009}} Its sister paper was from 2008–2018 Blick am Abend, an evening free daily.{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025708/http://www.newspaperinnovation.com/index.php/2009/01/13/blick-am-abend-expands/ Blick am Abend expands]}} Newspaper Innovation. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2013 Both papers are owned by Ringier{{cite book |author=Hugo Bigi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ojPlRFHuvoYC&pg=PA27 |title=Journalism Education Between Market Dependence and Social Responsibility: An Examination of Trainee Journalists |publisher=Haupt Verlag AG |year=2012 |isbn=978-3-258-07753-6 |page=26 |access-date=17 January 2015}} and are based in Zürich.

Ladina Heimgartner was appointed as CEO in October 2020.{{Cite web |date=2020-09-18 |title=Ladina Heimgartner wird Chefin der Blick-Gruppe |trans-title=Ladina Heimgartner becomes head of the Blick Group |url=https://www.suedostschweiz.ch/politik/2020-09-18/ladina-heimgartner-wird-chefin-der-blick-gruppe |access-date=2021-02-08 |website=Südostschweiz |language=de |agency=sda}} In August 2023, Christian Dorer stepped down as Editor-in-Chief after a 6 month time-out, replaced by co-chiefs Steffi Buchli, responsible for content, and Sandro Inguscio, responsible for the Digital & Distribution division.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

The day after the 1971 Swiss women's suffrage referendum, Blick sported the headline 'Thanks for the Roses' on the front page accompanied with a naked blonde receiving roses from a man.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-17 |title=50 Jahre Frauenstimmrecht - Archivperlen eines Schweizer Heldinnenkampfes |url=https://www.srf.ch/kultur/film-serien/50-jahre-frauenstimmrecht-archivperlen-eines-schweizer-heldinnenkampfes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609065350/https://www.srf.ch/kultur/film-serien/50-jahre-frauenstimmrecht-archivperlen-eines-schweizer-heldinnenkampfes |archive-date=2023-06-09 |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) |language=de}}{{Cite web |title=50 Jahre Frauenstimmrecht: Blick inszeniert Cover von damals neu |url=https://www.persoenlich.com/gesellschaft/blick-inszeniert-cover-von-damals-neu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608172423/https://www.persoenlich.com/gesellschaft/blick-inszeniert-cover-von-damals-neu |archive-date=2023-06-08 |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=persoenlich.com |language=en}}

In November 1997, the magazine manipulated a photograph of water flowing outside the temple of Hatshepsut in Egypt following the massacre of 62 people at the site. Blick later apologised for the manipulation.{{cite news |last1=Raaflaub |first1=Christian |date=2007-11-02 |title=Wenn Bilder lügen |trans-title=When pictures lie |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/wenn-bilder-luegen/6225514 |work=SWI swissinfo |language=de}}

In the period of 1995–1996 Blick had a circulation of 335,143 copies, making it the best-selling paper in the country.{{cite book|title=Media Policy: Convergence, Concentration & Commerce|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k6HU9WdjwgkC&pg=PA7|access-date=1 December 2014|date=24 September 1998|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-4462-6524-6|page=7}} In 1997 Blick had a circulation of 315,548 copies.{{cite journal|author=Sibylle Hardmeier|title=Political Poll Reporting in Swiss Print Media|journal=International Journal of Public Opinion Research|date=1999|volume=11|issue=3|url=http://ijpor.oxfordjournals.org/content/11/3/257.full.pdf|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171018050037/https://academic.oup.com/ijpor/article-abstract/11/3/257/834102/POLITICAL-POLL-REPORTING-IN-SWISS-PRINT-MEDIA?redirectedFrom=PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-10-18|access-date=30 December 2014}} In 2001 Blick had a daily circulation of 309,000 copies and a readership of 739,000.{{cite news|author=Adam Smith|title=Europe's Top Papers|url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/164161/|access-date=7 February 2015|work=campaign|date=15 November 2002}} Its circulation was 292,292 copies in 2003, making it the best selling newspaper in Switzerland.{{cite web|author=David Ward|title=A Mapping Study of Media Concentration and Ownership in Ten European Countries|url=http://77.87.161.246/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/A-Mapping-Study-of-Media-Concentration-and-Ownership-in-Ten-European-Countries.pdf|work=Dutch Media Authority|access-date=11 February 2015|year=2004}}{{cite web|title=World Press Trends|url=http://www.wan-press.org/ecrire/upload/wpt2004.pdf|work=World Association of Newspapers|access-date=8 February 2015|location=Paris|date=2004}} The 2006 circulation of the paper was 254,657 copies. The Sunday edition Sonntagsblick had a circulation of 272,425 copies in 2006.{{cite journal|title=Swiss newspaper market in flux|journal=Swiss Review|date=October 2007|volume=5|page=9|url=http://www.revue.ch/fileadmin/revue/Ausgaben/2007/sr_en_2007_05_download.pdf|access-date=4 December 2014}} Blick was the best-selling newspaper in 2008 with a circulation of 240,000 copies.{{cite book|author=Lisa Müller|title=Comparing Mass Media in Established Democracies: Patterns of Media Performance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sjxvBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA225|access-date=16 January 2015|date=10 September 2014|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1-137-39138-4|page=225}} Its circulation was 214,555 copies in 2009. The paper had a circulation of 214,880 copies in 2010, making it the third most read paper in the country.{{cite news|author=Cyril Jost|title=The challenges confronting the Swiss press|url=http://www.inaglobal.fr/en/press/article/challenges-confronting-swiss-press|access-date=23 December 2014|work=InaGlobal|date=4 February 2011}}

According to WEMF Total Audience 2020-2, the Blick Group has a nationwide brand reach of 1,438 million via print and digital. Blick is now the Swiss media brand with the highest digital share, the exclusive, digital users already contribute 69% of the total reach. According to MACH Basic 2020-2, BLICK Print has 403,000 readers throughout Switzerland and has a distributed circulation (WEMF) of 95,944, placing it as the most read paid newspaper in Switzerland.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=WEMF Total Audience 2020-2 |url=https://wemf.ch/de/downloads/studien/total-audience/broschuere-total-audience-2020-2.pdf |access-date= |website= |publisher=WEMF AG für Werbemedienforschung}}

Blick publishes all news online, with free access both to current news and an archive of over 600,000 stories. In 2020, Blick reached 1.2 million users per day for the first time – 42 percent more than in the previous year.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Net-Metrix-Profile 2020-2: Blick verzeichnet 42 Prozent mehr NutzerInnen|url=https://www.horizont.net/schweiz/nachrichten/net-metrix-profile-2020-2-blick-verzeichnet-42-prozent-mehr-nutzerinnen-187448|access-date=2021-02-08|website=horizont.net|language=de}} As of August 2023, Blick is the most visited news website in Switzerland.{{Cite web |title=Top News & Media Publishers Websites Rankings in Switzerland |url=https://www.similarweb.com/top-websites/switzerland/news-and-media/ |access-date=27 August 2023 |website=Similarweb}} Blick launched both iOS and Android mobile applications for its content in 2010.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

On 17 February 2020, the Blick Group launched Blick TV,{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=Blick TV Launches Switzerland's First Digital TV Channel, Powered by Brightcove |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200505005586/en/Blick-TV-Launches-Switzerland%E2%80%99s-First-Digital-TV-Channel-Powered-by-Brightcove |access-date=2021-02-08 |website=Business Wire |language=en}} the first digital channel in Switzerland. Blick TV is produced in the middle of the Blick Group's newsroom and covers the range of Blick topics daily from 6am to 11pm. Background reports from politics, business, people, entertainment, lifestyle, mobile and sports as well as weekly formats complement the program.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

The Blick Group's podcast offering includes the podcast "Durchblick", which is produced in cooperation with the Gebert Rüf Foundation{{Cite web |title=Scientainment |url=https://www.grstiftung.ch/en/area-activity/scientainment.html |access-date=2021-02-08 |website=Gebert Rüf Stiftung |language=en}} and which started its second season on 22 September 2020. Other formats such as "Pro und Konter" and "Fux über Sex" complete the selection.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

Blick journalists have won a range of awards including:

• Thomas Schlittler, SonntagsBlick, 2020{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020 |title=Preisverleihungen 2020 |url=https://www.zh-journalistenpreis.ch/pages/03_auszeichnung/preisverleihungen/preisverleihungen_2020.html |access-date= |website=Zürcher Journalistenpreis |language=de}}
• Fabian Eberhard, SonntagsBlick, 2019{{Cite web |date=2019 |title=Preisverleihungen 2019 |url=https://www.zh-journalistenpreis.ch/pages/03_auszeichnung/preisverleihungen/preisverleihungen_2019.html |access-date=2021-02-08 |website=Zürcher Journalistenpreis |language=de}}
• Viktor Dammann, Blick, 2010 {{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2010 |title=Zürcher Journalistenpreis 10 |url=https://www.zh-journalistenpreis.ch/content/preisverleihungen/2010/ZJP_10.pdf |access-date= |website=Zürcher Journalistenpreis |language=de}}
• Gabrielle Kleinert, Blick, 2007{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2007 |title=Zürcher Journalistenpreis 07 |url=https://www.zh-journalistenpreis.ch/content/preisverleihungen/2007/ZJP_07.pdf |access-date= |website=Zürcher Journalistenpreis |language=de}}
• Christoph Scheuring, SonntagsBlick, 2006{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2006 |title=Zürcher Journalistenpreis 06 |url=https://www.zh-journalistenpreis.ch/content/preisverleihungen/2006/ZJP_06.pdf |access-date= |website=Zürcher Journalistenpreis |language=de}}
• Beat Kraushaar & Martin Meier, SonntagsBlick, 2000{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2000 |title=Zürcher Journalistenpreis 00 |url=https://www.zh-journalistenpreis.ch/content/preisverleihungen/2000/ZJP_00.pdf |access-date= |website=Zürcher Journalistenpreis |language=de}}
• Toto Marti, 3rd Place Swiss Presse Photographer (Sport), 2018{{Cite web |date=2018 |title=Toto Marti |url=https://swisspressaward.ch/de/user/c00029204/showcase/9wb/ |access-date=2021-02-08 |website=Swiss Press Award |language=de}}

• Co-editor-in-chief Blick Group digital & distribution: Sandro Inguscio (2023 - )
• Co-editor-in-chief Blick Group content: Steffi Buchli (2023 - )
• Editor-in-chief Blick: Andreas Dietrich (2017 -)
• Editor-in-chief Sport: Felix Bingesser (2011–2020).
• Editor-in-chief SonntagsBlick: Gieri Cavelty (2017 -)
• Editor-in-chief Blick TV: Jonas Projer (2019 -)
• Editor-in-chief Blick Romandie: Michel Jeanneret (2020 -)

• Josef Ritler

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