Media "20 Minuten" celebrates its own farewell to the print edition
"20 Minuten" has bid farewell to its print version with a special edition. The commuter newspaper, which was launched in 1999, will only be published digitally in future.
23.12.2025, 08:57
SDA
The blue newspaper boxes of "20 Minuten" were filled for the last time in German-speaking Switzerland, French-speaking Switzerland and Ticino early on Tuesday morning. As a farewell, there was a special edition in which the free newspaper, which belongs to the TX Group, took center stage for once.
For example, Media Minister Albert Rösti (SVP) talks in an interview about how surprised he was in 1999 when "a newspaper that was easy to read was suddenly available for free". Readers also learn that although the blue newspaper boxes are disappearing from the streetscape, they will still be on display in at least two museums.
The commuter newspaper shook up the Swiss media landscape at the turn of the millennium and made news available to many people free of charge - years before the media houses reached a large audience via the Internet.
Crisp titles, lots of pictures
The second part of the print farewell edition featured the usual content: "Porn only with E-ID now", "Luxury thieves bag Ferrari and BMW the first time" were two of the titles. A broad, reader-oriented selection of topics, short texts and lots of pictures characterized "20 Minuten" from the beginning until today.
With "20 Minuten", the last printed and free Swiss daily newspaper disappears. The competition came and went rather quickly: "Metropol", ".CH", "Blick am Abend" and "News". The end of the printed edition also became apparent at "20 Minuten" recently due to declining advertising income.
In future, "20 Minuten" intends to concentrate on its digital presence. The revised app was already launched in the fall. According to the press release, "further innovations for our users and for the advertising market" will follow in 2026.
