List of newspapers in Switzerland
The number of newspapers in Switzerland was 406 before World War I. It reduced to 257 in 1995.[1] The country was ranked 9th in the yearly Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders in 2024.[2]
List
[edit]German language
[edit]The leading German-language papers in Switzerland are the Blick, Tages-Anzeiger, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, and Basler Zeitung.[2]
| Name | Owner | City | Canton | Type | Occurrence | Format | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Minuten | TX Group | Free | Daily | Tabloid | |||
| Baslerstab | Basler Zeitung Medien | Basel | Basel-Stadt | Free | Daily | ||
| Aargauer Zeitung | AZ Medien Gruppe | Aarau | Canton of Aargau | Paid | Daily | ||
| Appenzeller Zeitung | CH Media | Appenzell Ausserrhoden/Appenzell Innerrhoden | Paid | Daily | |||
| Solothurner Zeitung | Paid | ||||||
| Basellandschaftliche Zeitung | Luedin | Liestal | Basel-Landschaft | Paid | Daily | ||
| Basler Zeitung | Basler Zeitung Medien | Basel | Basel-Stadt | Paid | Daily | ||
| Berner Zeitung | Espace Media Groupe/TX Group | Bern | Canton of Bern | Paid | Daily | ||
| Bieler Tagblatt | Gassmann AG | Biel/Bienne | Canton of Bern | Paid | Daily | ||
| Blick | Ringier | Zurich | Canton of Zurich | Paid | Daily | Broadsheet | |
| Der Bund | TX Group | Bern | Canton of Bern | Paid | Daily | Berliner | |
| Finanz und Wirtschaft | TX Group | Zurich | Canton of Zurich | Paid | Weekly | ||
| Freiburger Nachrichten | Freiburger Nachrichten AG | Fribourg | Canton of Fribourg | Paid | Daily | [3] | |
| Handelszeitung | Axel Springer SE | Zurich | Canton of Zurich | Paid | Weekly | ||
| Der Landbote | Ziegler Druck und Verlags AG | Winterthur | Canton of Zurich | Paid | Daily | ||
| Limmattaler Zeitung | AZ Medien | Dietikon | Canton of Zurich | Paid | Daily | ||
| Luzerner Zeitung | CH Media | Lucerne | Canton of Lucerne | Paid | Daily | ||
| Neue Zürcher Zeitung | NZZ Mediengruppe | Zurich | Canton of Zurich | Paid | Daily | ||
| Neue Liewo | Liechtensteiner Vaterland | Werdenberg | Canton of St. Gallen | Paid | Weekly | ||
| Obersee Nachrichten | Zürcher Regionalzeitungen AG | Rapperswil | Canton of St. Gallen | Free | Weekly | ||
| SonntagsZeitung | TX Group | Paid | Weekly | ||||
| St. Galler Tagblatt | St. Galler Tagblatt AG | St. Gallen | Canton of St. Gallen | Paid | Daily | ||
| Die Südostschweiz | Somedia | Chur | Canton of the Grisons | Paid | Daily | ||
| Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich | TX Group | Zurich | Canton of Zurich | Free | Weekly | Tabloid | |
| Tages-Anzeiger | TX Group | Zurich | Canton of Zurich | Paid | Daily | Broadsheet | |
| TagesWoche | Neue Medien Basel AG | Basel | Basel-Stadt | Hybrid | Weekly | ||
| Tessiner Zeitung | Rezzonico Editore SA | Locarno | Canton of Ticino | Paid | Weekly | ||
| Thurgauer Zeitung | Thurgauer Medien AG | St. Gallen | Canton of St. Gallen | Paid | Daily | ||
| Walliser Bote | Mengis Druck & Verlag | Zurich | Canton of Zurich | Paid | Six times a week | [4] | |
| Watson | CH Media | N/A | N/A | ||||
| WOZ Die Wochenzeitung | Genossenschaft infolink | Zurich | Canton of Zurich | Paid | Weekly | ||
| Zuger Zeitung | CH Media | Zug | Canton of Zug | Paid | |||
| Zürcher Oberländer | Zürcher Oberland Medien AG | Wetzikon | Canton of Zurich | Paid | Daily | ||
| Zürcher Unterländer | TA Medien AG | Bülach | Canton of Zurich | Paid | Daily | ||
| Zürichsee-Zeitung | Zürcher Regionalzeitungen AG | Stäfa | Canton of Zurich | Paid | Daily |
French language
[edit]The leading Francophone papers in Switzerland are the 24 heures, Tribune de Genève, La Liberté, and Le Temps.[2]
| Name | Owner | City | Canton | Type | Occurrence | Format | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 minutes | TX Group | Free | Daily | ||||
| 24 heures | TX Group | Lausanne | Canton of Vaud | Paid | Daily | ||
| ArcInfo | Société neuchâteloise de presse | Neuchâtel | Canton of Neuchâtel | Paid | Daily | ||
| Les Afriques | Les Afriques Editions et Communication SA | Geneva | Canton of Geneva | Weekly | Tabloid | ||
| Blick | Ringier | Zurich | Canton of Zurich | Free | Daily | Broadsheet | |
| L'AGEFI | Agefi Groupe SA | Échandens | Canton of Vaud | Paid | Twice weekly | [5] | |
| Le Courrier | Nouvelle association du Courrier | Geneva | Canton of Geneva | Paid | Daily | ||
| La Gruyère | Glasson Imprimeurs Editeurs SA | Fribourg | Canton of Fribourg | Paid | Thrice weekly | [6] | |
| Journal du Jura | Gassmann AG | Biel/Bienne | Canton of Bern | Paid | Six times a week | [7] | |
| La Liberté | Fribourg | Canton of Fribourg | Paid | Six times a week | |||
| Le Matin | TX Group | Lausanne | Canton of Vaud | Paid | Daily | ||
| Le Nouvelliste | Éditions Le Nouvelliste | Sion | Canton of Valais | Paid | Daily | [8] | |
| Le Quotidien Jurassien | Delémont | Canton of Jura | Paid | Daily | |||
| Le Temps | Fondation Aventinus | Geneva | Canton of Geneva | Paid | Daily | Berliner | |
| Tribune de Genève | TX Group | Geneva | Canton of Geneva | Paid | Daily | Berliner | |
| Watson | CH Media | N/A | N/A |
Italian language
[edit]| Name | Owner | City | Canton | Type | Occurrence | Format | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Avvenire dei Lavoratori | Zurich | Canton of Zurich | Quarterly | ||||
| Corriere del Ticino | Fondazione per il Corriere del Ticino | Muzzano | Canton of Ticino | Paid | Daily | ||
| Giornale del Popolo | Nuova Società Editrice del Giornale del Popolo SA | Lugano | Canton of Ticino | Paid | Daily | ||
| LaNotizia | S. Publishing | Basel | Basel-Stadt | Daily | |||
| laRegione Ticino | Giacomo Salvioni | Bellinzona | Canton of Ticino | Paid | Daily | ||
| 20 Minuti | TX Group | Free |
Romansh language
[edit]| Name | Owner | City | Type | Canton | Occurrence | Format | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fegl Ufficial | Canton of the Grisons | ||||||
| La Quotidiana | Somedia | Chur | Paid | Canton of the Grisons | Daily | ||
| Novitas | Canton of the Grisons | ||||||
| Posta Ladina | Canton of the Grisons |
Other languages
[edit]| Name | Owner | City | Canton | Language | Type | Occurrence | Format | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bota Sot | Mazrekaj Media | Zurich (formerly: now published in Kosovo) | Canton of Zurich | Albanian | Paid | Daily | Tabloid | |
| Le News | Le News Sàrl | Lausanne | Canton of Vaud | English | Free | Twice weekly |
Defunct
[edit]| Name | Start date | Defunct | City | Canton | Language | Type | Occurrence | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gazette de Berne | 1689 | 1798 | Bern | Canton of Bern | French | Paid | Twice weekly | ||
| Kolokol | 1857 | 1867 | Geneva | Canton of Geneva | Russian/French | Paid | Weekly | ||
| Narodnoye delo | 1867 | ? | Geneva | Canton of Geneva | Russian | Paid | |||
| Der Sozialdemokrat | 1867 | 1887 | Zurich | Canton of Zurich | German | Paid | |||
| Vperyod | 1904 | 1905 | Geneva | Canton of Geneva | Russian | Paid | |||
| Mizan | 1886 | 1909 | Geneva | Canton of Geneva | Turkish | Paid | Weekly | ||
| Le Grutléen | 1909 | 1917 | Lausanne | Canton of Vaud | French | Paid | Weekly | Replaced by Le Droit du Peuple | |
| La Nouvelle Internationale | 1917 | 1921 | Geneva | Canton of Geneva | French | Paid | Weekly | Succeeded Le Peuple suisse. Succeeded by l'Avant-garde | [9][10] |
| Volkswacht am Bodensee | 1909 | 1934 | Romanshorn | Canton of Thurgau | German | Paid | |||
| Falce e Martello | 1925 | 1936 | Zurich | Canton of Zurich | Italian | Paid | Weekly | ||
| La Nation Arabe | 1930 | 1938 | Geneva | Canton of Geneva | French | Paid | Monthly | ||
| Le Droit du Peuple | 1917 | 1940 | Canton of Vaud | French | Paid | Daily | |||
| Le Travail | 1922 | 1940 | Geneva | Canton of Geneva | French | Paid | Daily | ||
| Die Tat | 1935 | 1978 | Zurich | Canton of Zurich | German | Paid | Daily | ||
| Gazette de Lausanne | 1798 | 1991 | Geneva | Canton of Geneva | French | Paid | Daily | [11] | |
| Journal de Genève | 1826 | 1991 | Geneva | Canton of Geneva | French | Paid | Daily | [12] | |
| Neue Zürcher Nachrichten | 1904 | 1991 | Zurich | Canton of Zurich | German | Paid | Daily | ||
| Journal de Genève et Gazette de Lausanne | 1991 | 1998 | Geneva | Canton of Geneva | French | Paid | Daily | [12] | |
| Le Nouveau Quotidien | 1991 | 1998 | Lausanne | Canton of Vaud | French | Paid | Daily | [13] | |
| Metropol | 2000 | 2002 | German | Free | Daily | Swiss edition of Metro. | |||
| dimanche.ch | 1999 | 2003 | French | Paid | Weekly | ||||
| Heute | 2006 | 2008 | Zurich | Canton of Zurich | German | Free | Daily | ||
| Le Matin Bleu | 2005 | 2009 | Lausanne | Canton of Vaud | French | Free | Daily | ||
| .ch | 2007 | 2009 | Zurich | Canton of Zurich | German | Free | Daily | ||
| News | 2007 | 2009 | German | Free | Daily | ||||
| Schweiz am Sonntag | 2007 | 2017 | German | Paid | Weekly | ||||
| Blick am Abend | 2008 | 2018 | Zurich | Canton of Zurich | German | Free | Daily | ||
| L'Express | 1738 | 2018 | Neuchâtel | Canton of Neuchâtel | French | Paid | Daily | Merged with L'Impartial to form ArcInfo. | [14] |
| L'Impartial | 1881 | 2018 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Canton of Neuchâtel | French | Paid | Daily | Merged with L'Express to form ArcInfo. | [15] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Jost, Cyril (2011-02-04). "The challenges confronting the Swiss press". Ina Global. Archived from the original on 2014-12-23. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
- ^ a b c "Switzerland". Reporters Without Borders. 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ Bollinger, Ernst: Freiburger Nachrichten in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 2018-01-11.
- ^ "Walliser Bote". e-newspaperarchives.ch. 2016. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "Media Search - Prime Media International". prime-int.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
- ^ "La Gruyère". e-newspaperarchives.ch. 2017. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ Bollinger, Ernst: Journal du Jura in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 2 November 2012.
- ^ Caruzzo, Ignace: Nouvelliste et Feuille d'Avis du Valais in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 18 August 2009.
- ^ Hoover Institution Publication, eds. 15. Hoover Institution, Stanford University. 1940. p. 761.
- ^ Marc Vuelleumier; Ruth Fivaz-Silbermann (1973). Histoire du mouvement ouvrier en Suisse. Librairie Droz. pp. 194–195. ISBN 978-2-600-04187-4.
- ^ Bollinger, Ernst: Gazette de Lausanne in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 15 August 2005.
- ^ a b Bollinger, Ernst: Journal de Genève in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 19 February 2020.
- ^ Bollinger, Ernst: Le Nouveau Quotidien in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 09 September 2010.
- ^ Bollinger, Ernst: L'Express in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 20 November 2013.
- ^ Bollinger, Ernst: L'Impartial in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 2007-10-30.
