Relaunching Swiss media’s most iconic company

  • ClientBlick
  • IndustryMedia & Publishing
  • ServicesAI-Enabled Business Transformation · Customer Experience
  • CapabilitiesProduct & Experience Strategy

A modern relaunch to win over the next generation

Blick is a 65-year-old Swiss media brand with a long legacy and a massive reach, but it faced a familiar problem: audience habits are changing fast while the industry is under pressure. As AI reshapes media, ad revenue declines, and younger audiences become harder to reach, the brand needed to evolve without losing what made it iconic.

This relaunch sets a modern vision for Blick and brings it to life through a refreshed, cohesive experience. The work updates how the brand shows up, how people engage with its journalism, and how it competes in a shifting media economy. The result is a clearer positioning built to earn attention from the next generation.

Key Takeaways

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Repositioned Blick as a future-facing media brand

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Integrated scalable AI features across web and mobile platforms

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Redefined the business model to compete in a shifting media economy

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Delivered a cohesive relaunch experience across web and mobile platforms

An Elevated Aesthetic for A New Generation

Blick's new digital look not only includes new publishing options, an optimized back end and a range of innovative AI features that offer users a variety of ways to engage with content, but also new Blick branding and a modern design system. The updated features contribute to an improved UX experience.

Shifting Newsroom Strategy and Perspective

This redesigned, mobile-friendly experience aims to engage a new generation of readers with snackable content called "Blick Bites," a series of vertical videos that link to a more in-depth article on blick.ch. The goal is to encourage users to explore and learn more about a topic.

This is a major shift that required changes and a new way of thinking in the Blick newsroom. The new content format, which builds on BlickTV, is more viral and takes advantage of modern browsing behavior common on social platforms.

AI Provides Answers

AI-powered features include 'article listening', where the article is read aloud by an AI-trained voice. In the case of Blick, this is the synthesized voice of Steffi Buchli, Chief Content Officer of Ringier Media Switzerland and a well-known media personality in Switzerland.

Blick's most-read stories will now be accompanied by AI-generated article summaries and an "Answers" section that asks readers relevant follow-up questions about the article they are reading.

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“A special thanks to Code and Theory for their exceptional design work and for being such an invaluable partner throughout this journey.”

Marco RüeggerCPO

What We Did

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Product, content, and measurement strategy

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Brand consulting and responsive web/app design

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Web, iOS, and Android development

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Ad and monetization strategy

Refreshing the revenue model

Blick’s relaunch brought a clearer, modern vision for the future of news to life across Blick.ch and its native apps, pairing updated branding and a design system with a more mobile-friendly experience. It also introduced new publishing options and an optimized back end, giving the team a stronger foundation to refresh how stories are produced and experienced. With AI-powered features like article listening, summaries, and an “Answers” section, readers now have more ways to engage with reporting in the moments they have.

For Blick, the change wasn’t just visual—it reshaped how the newsroom thinks about reaching the next generation. Formats like Blick Bites build on BlickTV and reflect modern browsing behavior, while still guiding people from snackable video into deeper articles. On the business side, the experience supports a robust advertising model and personalization, including a richer sports destination with live scores, play-by-play, and streaming. Together, the relaunch broadens what Blick can offer in one place and helps attract users to Blick+ while reinforcing the brand as a go-to source for breaking news.

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