Media TX Group discontinues print version of "20 Minuten"
From the end of the year, there will no longer be a daily free newspaper in Switzerland: the TX Group is discontinuing the print version of "20 Minuten". Up to 80 full-time positions are to be cut in the editorial and publishing departments.
17.06.2025, 09:30
17.06.2025, 09:45
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The reason for the discontinuation is the declining income in the print business, as the company announced on Tuesday. The editorial offices in German-speaking and French-speaking Switzerland, which are currently run separately, will be merged into one national editorial office with offices in Lausanne, Bern and Zurich.
This will mean the end of the regional offices in Basel, Geneva, Lucerne and St. Gallen - also at the end of 2025. In future, regional news will be covered by an "agile network of correspondents".
The first edition of the commuter newspaper was published on December 13, 1999, when it was still owned by the media company Schibstedt; since 2005, "20 Minuten" has been owned by Tamedia and later the TX Group.
