20 minutes (pronounced vingt minutes) is a free, daily newspaper aimed at commuters in France. It is published by Schibsted and Ouest France Group. 20 minutos, the Spanish version, is distributed by Schibsted and Zeta in Spain. In Switzerland, the French-language edition 20 minutes and the German-language edition 20 Minuten are published by Tamedia.
In Greater Paris, Ipsos and CESP confirmed a circulation of 805,000 with a readership of 2,339,000. 20 minutes claims that its readers are "young urban citizens (15-40 years old) that to a lesser extent consume traditional newspapers."
The French 20 minutes was launched in Paris on 15 March 2002, and soon spread to 7 other urban areas of France, including, in order of size, the cities of Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Nantes, Nice, Strasbourg, Bordeaux and Lille. Each edition includes both national pages and regional sections.
The name 20 minutes refers to the average time a European commuter spends in public transportation each business day.
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