Sonntag and Südostschweiz am Sonntag new Schweiz am Sonntag
The two media companies AZ Medien and Südostschweiz Medien are cooperating in the Sunday newspaper market: Der Sonntag and Die Südostschweiz am Sonntag will be published under the title Schweiz am Sonntag from March 24, 2013.
The national broadsheets are produced by the current Sonntag editorial team under editor-in-chief Patrik Müller. The regional editions are produced in the respective regions. There is also an iPad version, an e-paper, online and mobile versions of Schweiz am Sonntag.
Schweiz am Sonntag is present in five regions with its own regional association: Südostschweiz, Aargau, Solothurn/Oberaargau, Basel/Baselland and Zürcher Limmattal. The newspapers will be printed at their existing printing sites in Haag, Aarau and Subingen. Editor-in-chief of the Südostschweiz edition is David Sieber. This was announced by AZ Medien in a press release on Wednesday. Schweiz am Sonntag will have a circulation of 203,156 copies (WEMF 2012). Based on Mach Basic II, the newspaper will have a readership of 441,000. The cooperation between the two independent publishing houses is intended to underline the national ambitions in the readership and advertising market, which have been driven forward by Sonntag in particular since its launch in 2007.
