Instead, since 4 March 2017, AZ Medien has published a fully-fledged Saturday edition of the Aargauer Zeitung titled Schweiz am Wochenende.

[2] The reasoning given for the discontinuation of the newspaper was lower advertising revenue, alongside high costs for printing and distribution.

[5] A total of 18 active and former national and cantonal councillors from seven parties filed a complaint with the Schweizer Presserat (Swiss Press Council) against Schweiz am Sonntag.

The press council agreed with them; it did not see any public interest in a report on the politician's erotic chat relationship.

The Press Council found that Schweiz am Sonntag had seriously violated the privacy and intimacy of politician Geri Müller.