''FACTS'' was a weekly
news magazine
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from
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
owned by
Tamedia
TX Group AG (formerly Tamedia AG) is a media company headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Through a portfolio of daily and weekly newspapers, magazines and digital platforms, as well as own printing facilities, it is the largest Mass media, med ...
. The weekly published between 1995 and 2007.
History and profile
''FACTS'' was established by
Tamedia AG in 1995. The magazine initially oriented itself after the
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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**Ger ...
magazine ''
Focus
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Arts
* Focus or Focus Festival, former name of the Adelaide Fringe arts festival in South Australia Film
*''Focus'', a 1962 TV film starring James Whitmore
* ''Focus'' (2001 film), a 2001 film based ...
'' until it obtained its own profile. It was among the leading news magazines in Switzerland. The magazine was published on a weekly basis in German and was part of Tamedia.
In Spring 2002, the magazine was banned from the planes of the
Swiss International Air Lines
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following the publication of an article criticizing the company.
The main competitor of ''FACTS'' was the weekly ''
Weltwoche
''Die Weltwoche'' (German for "The World Week") is a Swiss weekly magazine based in Zürich. Founded in 1933, it has been privately owned by Roger Köppel since 2006.
The magazine's regular columnists include the former president of the Social D ...
''. In 1997 ''FACTS'' had a circulation of 103,424 copies. In 2005, the magazine had a circulation of about 73,000 copies, with a reader reachout of about 440,000 readers.
In 2007 ''FACTS'' ceased publication.
In September 2007, Tamedia reactivated the website of the discontinued weekly
magazine
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by launching FACTS 2.0. FACTS 2.0 aggregates content from various news sources and presents it in the form of teasers.
See also
*
List of magazines in Switzerland
The following is an incomplete list of current and defunct magazines published in Switzerland. They are published in German, French, Italian or other languages.
A
* '' Aero Revue''
* '' Annabelle''
* '' Animan''
* ''Art International''
B
* ...
References
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