title: List of newspapers in Switzerland
text: # List of newspapers in Switzerland
  
  The number of newspapers in Switzerland was 406 before World War I. It reduced to 257 in 1995. The country was ranked fifteenth for 2014 in the yearly Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders and 8th in 2020.
  
  ## List
  
  Below is a list of newspapers published in Switzerland.
  
  ### German language
  
  | Owner | Name | Type | Circulation | Readership |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | TX Group | 20 Minuten | Free | 329,242 | 782,000 |
  | Basler Zeitung Medien | Baslerstab | Free | 194,358 | |
  | AZ Medien Gruppe | Aargauer Zeitung | Paid | 200,000 | |
  | | Appenzeller Zeitung | Paid | | |
  | | Solothurner Zeitung | Paid | | |
  | Luedin | Basellandschaftliche Zeitung | Paid | 23,500 | |
  | Basler Zeitung Medien | Basler Zeitung | Paid | 165,700 | |
  | Espace Media Groupe - TX Group | Berner Zeitung | Paid | 165,700 | |
  | Gassmann AG | Bieler Tagblatt | Paid | 67,000 | |
  | Ringier | Blick | Paid | 95,944 | 403,000 |
  | TX Group | Der Bund | Paid | 60,399 | |
  | | Freiburger Nachrichten | Paid | | |
  | | Neue Luzerner Zeitung | Paid | 134,526 | 290,000 |
  | NZZ Mediengruppe | Neue Zürcher Zeitung | Paid | 330,000 | |
  | | St. Galler Tagblatt | Paid | 101,732 | |
  | | Zürcher Oberländer | Paid | | |
  | | Limmattaler Zeitung | Paid | | |
  | Südostschweiz Mediengruppe | Die Südostschweiz | Paid | 126,697 | |
  | TX Group | Tages Anzeiger | Paid | 216,411 | 551,000 |
  | Neue Medien Basel AG | TagesWoche | Hybrid | 100,000 | |
  | | Tessiner Zeitung | Paid | 10,002 | |
  | Thurgauer Medien AG | Thurgauer Zeitung | Paid | 44,000 | 77,000 |
  | Genossenschaft infolink | WOZ Die Wochenzeitung | Paid | 13,878 | 84,000 |
  | | Obersee Nachrichten | Free | 68,822 | |
  | | Zürichsee-Zeitung | Paid | 44,455 | |
  
  ### French language
  
  | Owner | Name | Type | Circulation | Readership |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Express-Zeitung AG | 20 minutes | Free | 221,560 | |
  | Agefi Groupe SA | L'AGEFI [fr] | Paid | 10,000 | 130,000 |
  | TX Group | 24 heures | Paid | 86,153 | |
  | | Le Courrier | Paid | 8,902 | |
  | Société Neuchâteloise de Presse SA | L'Express | Paid | 25,115 | |
  | | L'Impartial | Paid | 14,388 | |
  | W. Gassmann SA | Journal du Jura | Paid | 11,485 | |
  | TX Group | Le Matin | Paid | 69,350 | 331,000 |
  | | Le Nouvelliste | Paid | | |
  | | Le Quotidien Jurassien | Paid | 21,004 | |
  | Fondation Aventinus | Le Temps | Paid | 50,000 | 142,000 |
  | TX Group | Tribune de Genève | Paid | 67,151 | 175,000 |
  | | Suisse magazine | Paid | 15,000 | |
  | Ringier AG | Blick | Free | | |
  
  ### Italian language
  
  | Owner | Name | Type | Circulation |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Fondazione per il Corriere del Ticino | Corriere del Ticino | Paid | 40,000 |
  | Nuova Società Editrice del Giornale del Popolo SA | Giornale del Popolo | Paid | 17,000 |
  | Giacomo Salvioni | laRegione Ticino | Paid | 33,000 |
  | TX Group | 20 Minuti | Free | |
  
  ### Romansh language
  
  * Fegl Ufficial
  * La Quotidiana
  * Novitas
  * Posta Ladina
  
  ### Ottoman Turkish
  
  * Mizan
  
  ### Russian language
  
  * Business in Switzerland
  * Nasha Gazeta.ch - Наша Газета.ch
  
  ### English language
  
  | Owner | Name | Type | Circulation | Readership- |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Le News Sàrl | Le News | Free | | |
  | Grupo | Xiro Xone News | Free | Weekly Print and Digital | 239,202. |
  
  ### Discontinued
  
  * Gazette de Lausanne (1798-1991)
  * Journal de Genève (1826-1991)
  * Journal de Genève et Gazette de Lausanne (1991-1998)
  * Le nouveau quotidien (1991-1998), see Le temps
  * Dimanche.ch (1999-2003)
  * Metro (Swiss edition only, defunct in 2002)
  * Heute (2006-2008)
  * .ch (2007-2009)
  * News (2007-2009)
  * Le Matin Bleu (2005-2009)
  * Schweiz am Sonntag (2007-2017)
  