Media

      The main forms of media in Switzerland include; television, the press, radio, news agency/internet. The Public Swiss Broadcasting Company is in control over most of the media throughout Switzerland; this includes 18 radio stations and 7 television networks. The funding for the company comes from advertising on their television networks and some of it is from the fees for a license to broadcast. Switzerland has the right to freedom and can edit their media as necessary. Many forms of press are regional because of language differences and many countries that supply their broadcasts to Switzerland will edit it for the Swiss culture. 
      There are several cultural influences throughout the country that have spread to separate regions and each region has their own private radio and television stations that pertain to the language of the region. Television channels from France, Germany, and Italy are widely available because they are the main influential cultures and have made the channels accessible through satellite television. The internet along with other technologies are taking over the media and by March 2011 there were 6.15 million people using the internet as their source for media. 
      Switzerland has one of the highest numbers of Newspapers; this is partly due to the language influences throughout the country. 1/3 of the papers are written in German, 1/4 in French, and smaller amounts in Italian and Romansh. The papers reach a wide range of people because the language and regional variety. 


Among the largest dailies, as of 2002, were the following papers:

C ITY	C IRCULATION
Blick	Zurich	335,140
Tages-Anzeiger	Zurich	283,140
Tagblatt derr Stadt Zurich	Zurich	197,000
Neue Zürcher Zeitung	Zurich	158,170
Neue Luzerner Zeitung	Lucerne	130,315
Aargauer	Baden	120,000
Basler Zeitung	Basel	114,600

Other circulations:

• The Schweizer Illustrierte (circulation 195,894) is the most popular illustrated weekly
• The Nebelspalter (38,630) is the best-known satirical periodical

Population Reach:

• In 2000, there were about 1,002 radios and 548 television sets for every 1,000 people
• In 2000, there were 500 personal computers in use for every 1,000 people with 44 Internet service providers serving about 3.4 million people by 2001