20 Minuten
Source Passport
CH-M-00001-9
Issued and maintained by MJRC
- Legal name
- Not disclosed
- Country
- Switzerland
- Type
- Online news
- Founded
- 1999
- Editor-in-chief
- Désirée Pomper (Chefredaktorin)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 1 March 2026
1 of 6 layers verified
Transparency
Partial
4 of 7 key disclosures on record, 1 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name and registration number not disclosed
- Owners with influence on record, not yet checked
- Beneficial owners (the people behind the companies) not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership stated on record, not yet checked
- State advertising or revenue mix on record, not yet checked
- Public contact address not disclosed
- Official websites and accounts verified
- People behind the owning companies not disclosed
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Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
- Brand names Pending check
- 20 Minuten
- 20 minutes
- Company registration number
- Not disclosed
- Registered address
- Not disclosed
- Public contact email
- Not disclosed
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Owners with influence Pending check
Owner Share % Holding Owner type 20 Minuten (TX Group company) – Direct Company TX Group AG 100% Indirect Company - Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership Pending check
- None
- Parent group Pending check
- TX Group AG (20 Minuten company, 100% owned by TX Group AG)
2 sources
- TX Group, Corporate Governance & Group Structure page, read 2026-10-19 (Tamedia 100%, 20 Minuten 100%, Goldbach 100%, JobCloud 50%, SMG 31.14%; Tamedia brands incl. Tages-Anzeiger and TDG; board and company CEOs)
- TX Group Annual Report 2025 (PDF), read 2026-10-19 (significant shareholders at 31.12.2025, shareholders' agreement 66.84%, board, segment CEOs, segment revenues, Tamedia titles p.16, 20 Minuten group p.14)
Who pays?
Money
Not yet verified
- State advertising and foreign public funding
- Not disclosed
- Revenue mix Pending check
Source Share of revenue Commercial advertising Over 50% Events and other Under 10% - Named funders
- Not disclosed
Where does it appear?
Channels
Verified
- Official websites Verified
- Official social accounts
- Not disclosed
How does it travel?
Distribution
Nothing disclosed
- Distribution partners
- Not disclosed
Who is connected?
Networks
Not yet verified
- Sister outlets in the same group Pending check
- lematin.ch
- GOAT Radio
- Tages-Anzeiger
- Basler Zeitung
- Tribune de Genève
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
2 sources
- TX Group, Corporate Governance & Group Structure page, read 2026-10-19 (Tamedia 100%, 20 Minuten 100%, Goldbach 100%, JobCloud 50%, SMG 31.14%; Tamedia brands incl. Tages-Anzeiger and TDG; board and company CEOs)
- TX Group, Our Companies page, read 2026-10-19 (Tamedia founded 1893 with the Tages-Anzeiger; 20 Minuten launched end of 1999; 20 Minuten titles)
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 20 October 2026 | Updated from research database (Origin, Control, Money, Channels, Networks) |
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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