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TX Group

Largest media company in Switzerland

Largest media company in Switzerland

FieldValue
nameTX Group AG
logoLogo_tx_group.png
typePublic
traded_as
industryMedia
revenueCHF 1064 million (2015)
num_employees3,700
homepagewww.tx.group
foundation
location_cityZurich, Switzerland

TX Group AG (formerly Tamedia AG) is a media company headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Through a portfolio of daily and weekly newspapers, magazines and digital platforms, as well as own printing facilities, it is the largest media group in the country. Since 2000, Tamedia has been listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange.

On January 1, 2020, Tamedia was renamed to TX Group AG. Aside from group management functions, TX Group has four operating companies: TX Markets, Goldbach, 20 Minuten, and Tamedia.

Marketshare

In 2011, it was the biggest player in the Swiss press market, controlling a 41% market share, which rose up to 68% in French-speaking Romandie. Its main competitors are and Ringier.

Holdings

Publishing

Tamedia owns a wide range of daily and weekly newspapers and magazines in different languages. One of Tamedia's most important publications is the Tages-Anzeiger, a daily newspaper based in Zurich. Tamedia also owns the weekly **, the free national newspaper 20 Minuten/20 Minutes, the free **, the weekly financial newspaper **, the women's magazine Annabelle, the family magazine Schweizer Familie, the television supplement TV täglich, and the daily newspapers Thurgauer Zeitung and Zürichsee-Zeitung.

Further publications of Tamedia are:

  • Newspapers: 20 Minuten, 20 minuti, 24 heures, Bernerbär, Berner Oberländer, BZ Berner Zeitung, BZ Langenthaler Tagblatt, Der Bund, Der Landbote, Furttaler, GHI Genève Home Information, Journal de Morges, Lausanne Cités, Le Matin, Le Matin Dimanche, Rümlanger, Sihltaler, Thalwiler Anzeiger, Thuner Tagblatt, Tribune de Genève, Zürcher Unterländer, Zürichsee-Zeitung, Züritipp, L’Essentiel (in cooperation with publisher Editpress in Luxembourg), MetroXpress (Denmark)
  • Magazines: 20 Minuten Friday, Bilan, Encore, Das Magazin, Femina, Guide TV, Tribune des Arts, Télétop Matin

Television

Between 2001 and 2011, the company also owned several local channels such as TeleZüri, , and . Following the takeover of Edipresse's Swiss operations, Tamedia sold its Radio and TV channels in 2011.

Other ventures

Besides its publishing segments, the media group Tamedia owns a digital portfolio with different online platforms.

In December 2018, Tamedia invested on Monito, a comparison website for international money transfer services.

News

Tamedia is the leading participant of Newsnet, a joint venture of the Basler Zeitung as well as the Tamedia-owned newspapers BZ Berner Zeitung, Tages-Anzeiger, Der Bund, Le Matin, Tribune de Genève and 24 heures. Newsnet's editorial staff produces news content for these newspapers' web portals. In 2015, the media group introduced the 12-App (#12) which presents the day's top stories from 21 editorial teams within Tamedia. And with 20minuten.ch, Tamedia owns the biggest online newssite with the most unique clients in Switzerland.

Digital Holdings

  • Acquisitions: autoricardo.ch, car4you, Doodle, homegate.ch, hommages.ch, Olmero & renovero.ch, ricardo.ch, Starticket, Trendsales, tutti.ch
  • Participations: Book A Tiger, JobCloud AG, local.ch & search.ch, moneypark.ch, Tradono, Zattoo, Lykke AG, Monito.com, Car For You

Headquarters

Its Zurich headquarters, completed in 2013, was designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. Consisting of seven stories and 10120 m2, the building uses timber as its main structural system, visible through its large glass windows.

References

References

  1. (16 March 2016). "334 Mio. Gewinn: Tamedia mit Rekordergebnis trotz rückläufigem Umsatz". Kleinreport.
  2. (July 2025). "Extraordinary General Meeting decides to rename the company TX Group".
  3. (26 November 2019). "Launch of the TX Group".
  4. "The Quality of the Media". fög / University of Zurich.
  5. (3 March 2009). "Tamedia übernimmt Edipresse". Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
  6. (20 September 2015). ""Annabelle" erscheint nur noch alle drei Wochen". Kleinreport.
  7. "Media".
  8. (23 August 2011). "Peter Wanner kauft TeleZüri und TeleBärn". [[Tages-Anzeiger]].
  9. "Digital".
  10. (5 August 2008). "Der neue Tages-Anzeiger Online im Test". [[Tages-Anzeiger]].
  11. (8 February 2016). "#12 – Jetzt auch für Android". tagesanzeiger.ch.
  12. "Net-Metrix".
  13. "Newsroom - Tamedia".
  14. (24 February 2014). "Tamedia Office Building / Shigeru Ban Architects". [[ArchDaily]].
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