News (newspaper)
{{Short description|Swiss German-language free daily newspaper}}
{{For|other newspapers with related names|News (disambiguation)#Newspapers{{!}}News (disambiguation)}}
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| name = News
| logo = Logo NEWS (Zeitung).svg
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| type = Free daily newspaper
| format = Tabloid
| owners = NP News Print AG
| founder =
| publisher =
| editor = Philppe Pfister
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| foundation = 5 December 2007
| political = Neutral
| language = German
| ceased publication = {{start date and age|2009|12|4|df=yes}}
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| headquarters = Switzerland
| circulation = 334,000
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| oclc = 638028289
| website = newsprint.ch (defunct pre-August 2012)
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News was a Swiss German-language free daily newspaper, published by NP News Print AG between 2007 and 2009.
Published in tabloid format, it had regional editions for Zurich, Bern, and Basel as well the middle land of the Swiss plateau.
History and operations
The newspaper was launched on 5 December 2007. Like other Swiss commuter newspapers, it was available in boxes at main transfer points of the public transport system of trains, trams and buses. The newspaper competed with other German-language, free, Swiss newspapers, including .ch, 20 Minuten and heute. It is claimed{{who|date=August 2012}} that it had a circulation of 334,000.
The editions for Bern and Basel ceased publication on 28 August 2009, the Zurich edition on 4 December 2009.{{dead link|date=August 2012}} {{clarify|date=August 2012|reason=attribution in german. at minimum, needs english translation of german title appended to "trans_title" field}} {{cite web|url= http://www.tamedia.ch/de/mediencorner/medienmitteilungen/Seiten/Pendlerzeitung%20News%20wird%20eingestellt.aspx|title= Pendlerzeitung News wird eingestellt|publisher= Tamedia|access-date= 24 January 2010|date= 4 December 2009|language= German|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100123030331/http://www.tamedia.ch/de/mediencorner/medienmitteilungen/seiten/pendlerzeitung%20news%20wird%20eingestellt.aspx|archive-date= 23 January 2010|url-status= dead}}
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NP News Print AG, a joint effort of Tamedia (Tages-Anzeiger, Berner Zeitung) and Basler Zeitung Medien, also publishes the daily Basler Zeitung and the free daily Baslerstab.
See also
References
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External links
- newsprint.ch (defunct pre-August 2012), former official website of the newspaper
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Category:2007 establishments in Switzerland
Category:2009 disestablishments in Switzerland
Category:Defunct newspapers published in Switzerland
Category:Defunct free daily newspapers
Category:German-language newspapers published in Switzerland
Category:Newspapers disestablished in 2009
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