Switzerland on Sunday

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Switzerland on Sunday
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description Sunday newspaper
publishing company AZ Media , Somedia
First edition September 16, 2007
attitude February 26, 2017
Frequency of publication sunday
Sold edition 166'371 (previous year 174'897) copies
( WEMF circulation bulletin 2016)
Widespread edition 182,316 (previous year 190,176) copies
(WEMF circulation bulletin 2016)
Range 0.350 (previous year 0.373) million readers
(WEMF MACH Basic 2017-I)
Editor-in-chief Patrik Müller
ISSN 2296-3170

Schweiz am Sonntag was a Swiss Sunday newspaper with the main distribution area in the Swiss Central Plateau and in Southeastern Switzerland . It was the seventh edition of the newspaper association az Nordwestschweiz and the newspaper Die Südostschweiz .

history

In autumn 2007 the newspaper was founded by AZ Medien under the name Sonntag and has been published since then. With the September 26, 2010 issue, the newspaper changed its name to Der Sonntag . On March 24, 2013, the newspaper was renamed Switzerland on Sunday , as it was now also the Sunday edition of Southeastern Switzerland . The editorial team consisted of around 35 people, the editor-in-chief was Patrik Müller .

The newspaper appeared in five national leagues : "Politics", "Economy", "Society", "Culture" and "Sport". As the sixth league, a corresponding regional league also appeared in the regions of Graubünden, Glarus, Gaster-See, Limmattal / Zurich, Aargau, Basel and Baselland, Solothurn / Oberaargau, Olten and Zofingen. Since April 24, 2016, the newspaper has appeared with a slightly different layout and an additional section entitled “Tomorrow”, which dealt with future topics from science and society, in particular the consequences of the digital revolution.

The last edition of Switzerland appeared on Sunday on February 26, 2017 . Instead, AZ Medien has been publishing an expanded Saturday edition of the Aargauer Zeitung under the title Switzerland on the weekend since March 4, 2017 . Declining advertising revenues and high costs for printing and distribution were given as reasons for the discontinuation. At the beginning of 2016, the large weekly circulation of the Aargauer Zeitung on Thursday was reduced to a few issues per year.

criticism

Editor-in-chief Patrik Müller published an article in Switzerland on Sunday in August 2014 about the mayor of Baden and then National Councilor Geri Müller . He had chatted with a woman for several months, including sending her naked selfies. The communication took place partly during working hours and at his place of work. Finally, there was also a police operation on the woman. Therefore, in his article, Patrik Müller formulated the suspicion that Geri Müller had abused his office as mayor. The article sparked a media hunt for the politician. Thereupon 18 active and former national and state councilors from seven parties submitted a complaint to the Swiss press council against Switzerland on Sunday . In their opinion, the whole political culture threatens to be damaged if the Geri Müller case catches on. The press council agreed with them, seeing no public interest in a report on the politician's erotic chat relationship. The possible possibility of abuse of office could have been eliminated with sufficient research. The press council found that Switzerland had seriously violated the private and intimate sphere of politician Geri Müller on Sunday . Peter Wanner , publisher of the newspaper, defended the publication that sexist acts by politicians in office do not enjoy the protection of privacy. On September 24, 2017, Geri Müller was voted out of office as mayor of Baden, as well as a member of the city council. In 2018, AZ Medien and Geri Müller reached an out-of-court settlement. AZ Medien and Patrik Müller expressed their regret to Geri Müller for the inconvenience he experienced as a result. The parties have agreed not to disclose the details of the agreement. The criminal proceedings initiated by Geri Müller against Patrik Müller were discontinued by the public prosecutor due to the out-of-court settlement.

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  1. ↑ WEMF circulation bulletin 2016 , p. 22 (PDF; 2.6 MB).
  2. ↑ a b “Sunday” is now called “Switzerland on Sunday”. In: Aargauer Zeitung . March 24, 2013, accessed June 22, 2014 .
  3. ↑ New image for “Switzerland on Sunday”. In: Southeastern Switzerland . April 23, 2016.
  4. ↑ AZ Medien replace “Switzerland on Sunday” with “Switzerland on weekends”. In: Aargauer Zeitung. 17th December 2016.
  5. ^ Rainer Stadler : Press Council on the Geri Müller case. "Switzerland on Sunday" reprimanded. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . 20th July 2016.
  6. ^ Intimate chat from Geri Müller - Rüffel an Zeitung. In: Tages-Anzeiger . 20th July 2016.
  7. ↑ No. 23/2016: Violation of privacy / Objectively unjustified allegations. In: website of the press council. July 11, 2016
  8. ↑ Surprise in Baden: Mayor Geri Müller is voted out. In: Aargauer Zeitung. September 24, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Ex-Mayor Geri Müller and AZ Medien agree on a comparison. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , January 11, 2018.