FACTS was a weekly magazine from Switzerland, appearing in the publishing house Tamedia. Published from 1995 until 2007, it oriented itself, at first, after the German magazine Focus until it obtained its own profile. In 2005, FACTS had a circulation of about 73000 copies; with a reader reachout of about 440000 readers. Its main competition consisted of the weekly Weltwoche. In September 2007, Tamedia reactivated the website of the discontinued weekly magazine by launching FACTS 2.0. FACTS 2.0 aggregates content from various news sources and presents it in the form of teasers. The platform also offers newsreader- and social networking functionality. The users of FACTS 2.0 are enabled to rate and comment articles, as well as to publish their own texts, compose an individual menu of news sources and keep in touch with each other.
