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Heute (newspaper)
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heute was a free, ad-financed daily German language
, tabloid format newspaper
in Switzerland
, launched on 15 May 2006, until its final edition on 30 May 2008. It was the second Pendlerzeitung (commuter newspaper) in Switzerland, after the morning newspaper 20 Minuten
, being distributed in the evenings, from approximately 3pm. As from 2 June 2008, Heute was replaced by Blick am Abend.
With a claimed initial print run of 200,000, heute was said to have been one of the largest daily newspapers in Switzerland, according to the publisher's own statistics.
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, tabloid format newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, launched on 15 May 2006, until its final edition on 30 May 2008. It was the second Pendlerzeitung (commuter newspaper) in Switzerland, after the morning newspaper 20 Minuten
20 Minuten
20 Minuten is a free German language daily newspaper in Switzerland, distributed to commuters at over 150 train stations across the country.The newspaper was first published in 1999 by "20 Minuten Schweiz AG"...
, being distributed in the evenings, from approximately 3pm. As from 2 June 2008, Heute was replaced by Blick am Abend.
With a claimed initial print run of 200,000, heute was said to have been one of the largest daily newspapers in Switzerland, according to the publisher's own statistics.