''Blick am Abend'' was a

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free evening newspaper published in Switzerland and based in Zürich. It existed between 2008 and 2018.

History and profile

''Blick am Abend'' was first published on 1 June 2008 as a successor to the afternoon free daily ''

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''. ''Blick am Abend'', based in Zürich, was a free newspaper owned by

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. It was an evening newspaper published in tabloid format.Blick am Abend expands
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of the daily. Its sister newspaper was ''

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'', a leading daily in the country. In 2008 ''Blick am Abend'' started a biweekly legal column which answers the reader questions. Until 2009 the daily had editions in Zurich,

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and

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and Luzern/Zug editions were started in 2009. In December 2013 the paper launched its online edition. The audited circulation of ''Blick am Abend'' in 2008 was 211,000 copies. The paper had a circulation of 225,226 copies in 2009. Its was 329,418 copies in 2010, and its readership was 604,000 the same year. ''Blick am Abend'' discontinued in December 2018.Das ist der letzte "Blick am Abend"
''persoenlich.com''. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2021

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Blick am Abend 2008 establishments in Switzerland 2018 disestablishments in Switzerland Defunct free daily newspapers Defunct newspapers published in Switzerland Evening newspapers German-language newspapers published in Switzerland Newspapers established in 2008 Newspapers published in Zürich Publications disestablished in 2018

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