Point24
Point24 was a free newspaper in Luxembourg, which first appeared on 27 November 2007 and was issued in December 2012. The newspaper had initially 16 pages and was popular from Monday to Friday in the daily newspapers, "classical" published A3. In contrast to the local competitor L' Essentiel she was not completely written in French, but in the respect of the traditional daily newspapers in Luxembourg held the majority in German, but with an increasingly broad range of French-speaking part. It was interesting here is that the articles in the two languages were not mixed, but that the newspaper on the front was German and on the back, and 2 front rotated 180 degrees with articles began in French.
Since January 10, 2011 Point24 was printed in " manageable " DIN A4 format ( the usual format for magazines), which existed until the setting of 32 pages and had a circulation of about 60,000 copies. The editions are published since then continues from Monday to Friday, but in a double or triple pack: For the Luxembourg / German readers there was a German -language edition with cyan blue logo and the Francophone readership (eg French, Portuguese or Walloon commuters from Belgium) a French- language edition with magenta - red logo. In addition, there was an issue with twice weekly Poison green logo purely in Portuguese, which was aimed at the large target group of Portuguese migrant workers in Luxembourg.
It was published by the publishing house of Saint Paul Luxembourg SA (formerly St. Paul printing company ), which with the Luxemburger Wort also operates the first and largest daily newspaper in the country since 1848. How free newspapers in other countries was distributed in high-traffic points such as railway stations, bus stops, gas stations and lively shops Point24. While other free newspapers are distributed mainly in metropolitan areas in Europe, but Point24 was available throughout the country. During the holiday and vacation period Point24 was usually from 01 -31. August was not published by the editors.
Content covered Point24 all areas of a daily newspaper from, but to a much reduced extent. The international coverage was largely denied by agency reports that originate mostly from the German ( dpa ) or French press agency Agence France-Presse ( AFP). There were, inter alia, a short local and sports section, VIP News, a weather forecast, announcements about theater performances and cultural events and tailored to the respective speaker target group Excerpt from the daily television program of the most important TV channel in Luxembourg or in German or French abroad.