Less than 20 minutes to Zurich
Due to a power outage at Tamedia's printing facility in Zurich, the Zurich edition of the commuter newspaper 20 Minuten did not appear on Friday. All other editions of 20 Minuten, as well as the company's other newspapers, were delivered as usual.
For logistical reasons, the Zurich edition is printed last. Due to a power outage, the 190,000 copies of the regional edition could not be printed for Friday, as the media company announced on Friday. The printing press is still down. Since the technical problems have not yet been resolved, today’s Zurich edition has been definitively canceled, according to Marcel Kohler, managing director of 20 Minuten, as reported by Tagesanzeiger.ch.
However, Zimmer says this is an isolated incident. Because the process is complex and takes place under enormous time pressure, a disruption can quickly have major consequences. On Monday, though, *20 Minuten* readers will find their paper in the mailboxes as usual.
According to Zimmer, however, the cause of the malfunction is not yet known. This is the first time since the printing center opened in 1984 that an entire issue could not be printed. According to Tamedia, the Bubenberg printing center in question is the largest in Switzerland.
The malfunction, which occurred sometime between midnight and early morning, ultimately caused the entire printing press to shut down. The editions of the *Tagesanzeiger*, *Landbote*, and *Thurgauer Zeitung*, as well as the Basel and St. Gallen editions of *20 Minuten*, were not affected. They had already been printed by that time.
Because more than 100,000 newspaper readers accessed the e-paper within a short period of time, the application crashed. This was significantly more traffic than on a normal day, Zimmer said.
However, Zimmer says this is an isolated incident. Because the process is complex and takes place under enormous time pressure, a disruption can quickly have major consequences. On Monday, though, *20 Minuten* readers will find their paper in the mailboxes as usual.
According to Zimmer, however, the cause of the malfunction is not yet known. This is the first time since the printing center opened in 1984 that an entire issue could not be printed. According to Tamedia, the Bubenberg printing center in question is the largest in Switzerland.
The malfunction, which occurred sometime between midnight and early morning, ultimately caused the entire printing press to shut down. The editions of the *Tagesanzeiger*, *Landbote*, and *Thurgauer Zeitung*, as well as the Basel and St. Gallen editions of *20 Minuten*, were not affected. They had already been printed by that time.
Because more than 100,000 newspaper readers accessed the e-paper within a short period of time, the application crashed. This was significantly more traffic than on a normal day, Zimmer said.
