Switzerland: Edition of free newspaper closed
Posted by Rosemary D'Amour on November 19, 2008 at 2:38 PM
Exactly one year after its initial launch, the Mittelland edition of free newspaper 'News' will be closed in Switzerland.News will continue to be published in its other three markets in Zurich, Berne and Basle "in cooperation with the paid newspapers," Newspaper Innovation reports, and will distribute in Mittelland.
News was launched in December 2007, and had a circulation of 132,000 in Mittelland.
Source: Newspaper Innovation
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Exactly one year after its initial launch, the Mittelland edition of free newspaper <a href="http://www.newsprint.ch/"><i>'News'</i></a> will be closed in Switzerland.<br /><br />News will continue to be published in its other three markets in Zurich, Berne and Basle "in cooperation with the paid newspapers," Newspaper Innovation reports, and will distribute in Mittelland.<br /><br />News was launched in December 2007, and had a circulation of 132,000 in Mittelland.<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.newspaperinnovation.com/index.php/2008/11/19/mittelland-edition-news-closed"><b>Newspaper Innovation</b></a><br /><div><br /></div>&title=Switzerland: Edition of free newspaper closed){kind=link}
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