20 minuti starts on September 14, 2011
On Wednesday, September 14, 2011, *20 minuti* will be published for the first time. The national newspaper will be available from 5 a.m. until 7 a.m. at the latest, with a total print run of 36,000 copies distributed to 245 locations in the characteristic blue newspaper boxes.
In addition, the newspaper will be distributed to passers-by by 20 colporteurs in Bellinzona, Locarno and Lugano, Tamedia wrote in a statement Tuesday. The 36-page newspaper includes regional information from Ticino as well as a complete domestic and foreign section. In addition, news from sports, entertainment, the digital world as well as service offers such as a cinema section or the local weather, are published in 20 minuti.
According to the announcement, the appearance of the newspaper corresponds to the proven layout of 20 Minuten in German-speaking Switzerland and 20 minutes in French-speaking Switzerland. 20 minutes is printed by Ringier Print in Adligenswil.
20 minuti is published by the company 20 minuti Ticino SA, half of which is held by Giacomo Salvioni, the publisher of the daily newspaper La Regione Ticino, and half by 20 Minuten AG. Giacomo Salvioni and Pietro Supino, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tamedia, the parent company of the 20 Minuten media group, act jointly as publishers of the new newspaper.
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