Aargauer Woche and LIZ Limmat Zeitung have to go tabloid

Lifting in Aargau and ZüriWest: AZ Wochenzeitung AG and Limmattaler Tagblatt AG - both companies of the AZ Medien Group - are planning a redesign of the free newspapers Aargauer Woche and LIZ Limmat Zeitung. The reason: The two titles are to appear in a new tabloid format and differentiate themselves even more clearly from the subscribed daily newspapers Aargauer Zeitung and Limmattaler Tagblatt in terms of content. On Thursday, March 1, 2007, the time has come. The free titles will now be spread along the shopping and commuter routes of the A1. The regional split into the eastern and western parts of the canton of Aargau and the Limmat valley in Zurich will remain as before, the AZ Medien Group announced on Thursday.
The Wettinger Post will also be swallowed. However, it will be an important part of the Baden/Wettingen/Brugg regional newspaper and will be integrated as the official publication of the municipality of Wettingen. The Anzeiger der Region Aarau/Zofingen will feature the city of Aarau with its official advertisements, it adds. The LIZ Limmat Zeitung will now appear as the Anzeiger for the Limmattal.
From one make two In Lenzburg, the situation from March 2007 will be such that the readership will now receive two instead of one advertiser. This is because the Aargauer Woche, which was previously integrated into the Lenzburg Bezirksanzeiger, no longer fits into the broadsheet with its tabloid format.