The last free Swiss commuter newspaper bids farewell to its print edition

20 Minutes has bid farewell to its print version on Tuesday with a special edition. The commuter newspaper, which was launched in 1999, will only be published digitally in future. The blue newspaper boxes were filled for the last time in German-speaking Switzerland, French-speaking Switzerland and Ticino early on Tuesday morning. As a farewell, there was a special edition in which the free newspaper, which belongs to the TX Group, put itself centre stage for once. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Media Minister Albert Rösti features in an interview about how surprised he was in 1999 when "a newspaper that was easy to read was suddenly available for free". Readers also learn that although the blue newspaper boxes are disappearing from the streetscape, they will still be on display in at least two museums. The commuter newspaper shook up the Swiss media landscape at the turn of the millennium and made news available to many people free of charge - years ...