History
Founded 1933 as a weekly newspaper in the mold of French weeklies, it started off somewhat sympathetic to the Nazi government of Germany, but soon joined the other Swiss media in vigorously opposing it. After the war, it remained a fixture of the intellectual environment in Switzerland, publishing articles, columns and interviews on a wide range of topics, including politics, the economy, culture and science, generally from a center-left perspective.
In 2002, flagging sales prompted a shift in format from broadsheet to magazine, and a shift in political orientation from center-left to conservative.
In 2006, Roger Köppel bought the title from the former owner, the publisher Jean Frey AG (which was itself taken over by the German publisher Axel Springer).
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