''.ch'' (''.ch''; spoken: ''Punkt CH'') was a Swiss German-language free daily newspaper, published in the tabloid format by Media Punkt AG in

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco ...

between 2007 and 2009.

History

Media Punkt AG first published the paper on 19 September 2007. The newspaper's name comes from .ch, the Internet's

country code top-level domain A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It ...

for Switzerland. With a claimed initial print run of 435,000, it was one of the largest daily newspapers in Switzerland, according to 2006 statistics. The newspaper was distributed directly to homes in

Basel Basel ( , ), also known as Basle ( ),french: Bâle ; it, Basilea ; rm, label=Sutsilvan Romansh (; sometimes also spelled Romansch and Rumantsch; Sursilvan: ; Vallader, Surmiran, and Rumantsch Grischun: ; Putèr: ; Sutsilvan: , , ; ...

Bern Bern () or Berne; in other Swiss languages, gsw, Bärn ; frp, Bèrna ; it, Berna ; rm, Berna is the ''de facto ''De facto'' ( ; , "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, whether or not they are officially recognized by laws ...

, Lucerne, St. Gallen and

. It competed mainly with other free newspapers in Switzerland including '' 20 Minuten'', ''

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'' and the ''

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''. The newspaper's editor-in-chief was Rolf Leeb. The newspaper's chief executive officer was Caroline Thoma. It ceased publication, because of poor economic performance, with the last issue on 4 May 2009. All 69 employees of the newspaper were laid off.

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punkt.ch
(in German), the newspaper's former official website 2007 establishments in Switzerland 2009 disestablishments in Switzerland Defunct free daily newspapers Defunct newspapers published in Switzerland German-language newspapers published in Switzerland Newspapers published in Zürich Publications disestablished in 2009 Publications established in 2007 {{Switzerland-newspaper-stub

History

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