TX Group

TX Group AG is a Swiss media and digital-platform company headquartered in Zurich. The group traces its origins to 1893 and was historically known as Tamedia AG. It developed from a newspaper publisher into one of Switzerland's broadest media businesses, combining daily and weekly newspapers, magazines, free commuter publications, digital news services, advertising sales, classified platforms and technology investments. The company's publishing portfolio has included influential Swiss titles such as Tages-Anzeiger, SonntagsZeitung, Der Bund, Berner Zeitung, Tribune de Genève, 24 heures, Thurgauer Zeitung and Zürichsee-Zeitung. Its 20 Minuten and 20 Minutes publications serve multilingual Swiss markets through free print and digital editions and have become central parts of its audience strategy. The portfolio also includes specialist and consumer magazines such as Finanz und Wirtschaft, Annabelle, Schweizer Familie and Das Magazin, although the composition of the portfolio has changed over time through disposals, partnerships and restructuring. Tamedia expanded substantially into digital services and marketplaces. Holdings and investments associated with the group have included Ricardo, tutti.ch, Homegate, Doodle, JobCloud, local.ch and search.ch, car4you, autoricardo.ch, Olmero, renovero, Starticket, Trendsales, MoneyPark, Zattoo and Monito. These activities broadened the business beyond traditional advertising and circulation revenue into classifieds, property, employment, mobility, events, financial services, comparison tools and other online services. The group was listed on the Swiss stock exchange in 2000. In 2018, the company announced the TX Group brand architecture, and on January 1, 2020, Tamedia was formally renamed TX Group AG. The reorganization placed the group's activities into four principal operating companies: TX Markets, Goldbach, 20 Minuten and Tamedia. TX Markets covers marketplaces and digital transactions; Goldbach focuses on advertising marketing and sales; 20 Minuten operates the free news brand; and Tamedia retains the publishing business. TX Group is one of Switzerland's largest media companies and has historically held a particularly strong position in the Swiss press market, including in French-speaking Switzerland. Its principal national competitors include Ringier, NZZ Mediengruppe and CH Media. The company also operates its own printing infrastructure and participates in shared digital-news and editorial initiatives. Its Zurich headquarters, completed in 2013, was designed by architect Shigeru Ban and uses a prominent timber structural system. TX Group remains active, although its assets, brands and organizational boundaries continue to evolve as the company responds to the migration of audiences and advertising from print to digital media.

TX Group's history begins in 1893 with the establishment of the newspaper business that later became associated with the Tamedia name. Over more than a century, the company developed through the publication of newspapers and magazines serving Switzerland's German-, French- and Italian-speaking regions. Its best-known traditional title is Tages-Anzeiger, a Zurich daily that became a major source of news and public debate in the country's largest linguistic market. During the twentieth century and the early years of the twenty-first, the group expanded its publishing footprint through regional and national titles. The portfolio came to include newspapers such as Der Bund, Berner Zeitung, Tribune de Genève, 24 heures, Thurgauer Zeitung and Zürichsee-Zeitung, together with weekly publications including SonntagsZeitung and specialist magazines such as Finanz und Wirtschaft. Consumer titles included Annabelle, Schweizer Familie, Das Magazin and television and leisure supplements. The company also built printing capacity to support its publishing operations. Tamedia became a publicly listed company in 2000. Listing gave the group access to public capital while it continued consolidating its position in the Swiss press market. By 2011, it was described as the country's largest press-market participant, with especially strong reach in French-speaking Switzerland. The business nevertheless faced the structural pressures affecting newspaper publishers internationally: declining print circulation, the migration of advertising to online services and changing consumer habits. The group pursued diversification in response. It operated or invested in classified and transactional platforms covering property, jobs, cars, general goods, events and other services. Notable digital assets and participations included Ricardo, tutti.ch, Homegate, Doodle, JobCloud, local.ch, search.ch, car4you, autoricardo.ch, Olmero, renovero, Starticket, Trendsales, MoneyPark, Zattoo and Monito. These businesses gave the company exposure to marketplace commissions, subscriptions, lead generation, digital advertising and technology-enabled services in addition to newspaper sales. Tamedia also experimented with broadcasting. Between 2001 and 2011 it owned local television and radio assets, including TeleZüri, Radio 24 and Radio Basilisk. Those holdings were sold in 2011 after the company took over Edipresse's Swiss activities, reflecting a decision to concentrate more strongly on publishing and digital platforms. A major digital-news initiative was Newsnet, a shared editorial and technology operation supporting web portals associated with several Tamedia newspapers, including Tages-Anzeiger, Der Bund, Berner Zeitung, Tribune de Genève, 24 heures and Le Matin. The group also launched the #12 application in 2015, aggregating selected stories from its editorial teams. Its free 20 Minuten brand became one of Switzerland's largest online-news properties by audience reach, complementing its print distribution. In 2018, Tamedia announced a new group structure and the TX Group identity. The rebranding became legally effective on January 1, 2020. The reorganized group was divided into TX Markets, Goldbach, 20 Minuten and Tamedia. This structure separated marketplaces, advertising sales, the free-news operation and the traditional publishing business while retaining them within the same listed group. TX Group's headquarters in Zurich were completed in 2013. Designed by Shigeru Ban, the building uses timber as a major structural element and presents the structure through extensive glazing. The headquarters symbolizes the company's transformation from a conventional newspaper publisher into a diversified media and digital-services group. Its continuing strategic challenge is to maintain high-quality journalism and strong Swiss brands while developing scalable digital businesses and adapting to changing regulation, competition and advertising economics.

1. 2020Legal renaming to TX Group AG

   Tamedia AG formally became TX Group AG on January 1, 2020.

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2. 2018TX Group identity announced

   Tamedia announced the TX Group brand architecture and continued expanding its digital-platform portfolio.

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3. 2015Launch of #12

   Tamedia introduced the #12 application to present selected daily stories from its editorial network.

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4. 2013Zurich headquarters completed

   TX Group's Zurich headquarters, designed by Shigeru Ban, was completed as a seven-storey timber-and-glass building.

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5. 2011Sale of radio and television assets

   The company sold its radio and television holdings after taking over Edipresse's Swiss operations.

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6. 2001Expansion into local broadcasting

   Tamedia owned local radio and television assets during the 2001–2011 period, including TeleZüri, Radio 24 and Radio Basilisk.

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7. 2000Stock-market listing

   Tamedia was listed on the Swiss stock exchange, giving the group a public-market ownership and financing structure.

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8. 1893Origins of the publishing business

   The company's historical roots are traced to the newspaper business founded in 1893, which later became associated with Tamedia.

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A leading Swiss multimedia group combining journalism, publishing, free news, advertising, classifieds and digital-platform businesses.

• Tages-Anzeigerdaily newspaper

  A major Zurich-based daily newspaper and one of the group's principal journalism brands. It serves German-speaking Switzerland with national, international, regional, business and cultural coverage in print and digital formats.

• 20 Minuten / 20 Minutesfree newspaper and digital news

  A free commuter-news brand published in Switzerland's major language regions. Its print editions and digital platforms focus on accessible, fast-moving news and attract a large national audience.

• SonntagsZeitungweekly newspaper

  A Sunday newspaper serving German-speaking Switzerland with political, economic, investigative, cultural and lifestyle journalism.

• Newsnetdigital news network

  A shared digital-news initiative supporting web portals connected with several TX Group newspapers. It combines editorial production and digital publishing infrastructure across regional titles.

• TX Marketsdigital marketplaces2020

  The group's marketplace division, associated with online classified and transactional services in areas such as property, employment, mobility and general goods.

• Goldbachadvertising sales2020

  The group's advertising-marketing and sales operation, responsible for commercializing media inventory and connecting advertisers with audiences across relevant channels.

• Tamediapublishing division2020

  The publishing operating company within the TX Group structure. It houses newspapers, magazines and related journalistic activities in Switzerland.

• 2018Creation of the TX Group brand architectureStrategy

  Tamedia had accumulated publishing, advertising, marketplace and digital-investment businesses with different operating models.

  What changed. The company announced TX Group as the umbrella identity and organized the business into distinct operating companies.

  Aftermath. The structure became legally effective in 2020, separating TX Markets, Goldbach, 20 Minuten and Tamedia within the listed group.

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• 2015Launch of the #12 applicationProduct launch

  The group sought to make its distributed editorial resources more useful to mobile audiences.

  What changed. Tamedia launched #12, an application that selected top stories from 21 editorial teams.

  Aftermath. The launch illustrated the company's effort to develop digital products around its newspaper journalism.

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• 2011Exit from local radio and televisionStrategy

  Tamedia had owned several local broadcasting assets while also expanding its newspaper and digital operations.

  What changed. The company sold TeleZüri, Radio 24 and Radio Basilisk after acquiring Edipresse's Swiss operations.

  Aftermath. The move reduced the group's direct broadcasting exposure and emphasized publishing and digital media.

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• 2020Tamedia becomes TX Group AG

  The legal company name changed from Tamedia AG to TX Group AG on January 1, 2020.

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• 2018Tamedia changes its corporate identity to TX Group

  The company introduced TX Group as its new overarching brand architecture as it reorganized its publishing, advertising, marketplace and digital activities.

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• 2018Tamedia invests in Monito

  Tamedia invested in Monito, an online comparison service for international money-transfer providers, extending its digital portfolio into financial comparison services.

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• 2015Tamedia launches the #12 news application

  The group introduced #12, an application presenting selected daily stories from editorial teams across its newspaper network.

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• 2011Tamedia sells its radio and television operations

  Following the acquisition of Edipresse's Swiss operations, Tamedia sold local broadcasting assets including TeleZüri, Radio 24 and Radio Basilisk.

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