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Metro is published by Metro International. [1] Ten separate editions are produced for the cities of Bergamo, Bologna, Genoa, Florence, Milan, Padua, Rome, Turin, Venice and Verona, with other special editions (Metro Mag, Metro Stadio, Metro Week). It is the most read free daily newspaper in Rome and Milan and one of the most read nationally.
Metro follows the format of other free newspapers by Metro International, the first one of which appeared in Stockholm in 1995. The Dutch Metro was the fourth of those, and first appeared on 21 June 1999; it is published five days a week, and for a brief period had a Saturday edition as well. [3]
Metro is a free daily newspaper in Philadelphia which began publishing on January 24, 2000. [1] Originally published by Metro International , it was the first Metro edition published in North America and the ninth edition since the first in Stockholm in 1995.
Metro International is a Swedish media company based in Luxembourg that publishes the freesheet newspaper Metro. [ 1 ] The company was founded by Per Andersson, and started as a subsidiary of the Modern Times Group along with Viasat Broadcasting .
The Metro free newspaper concept originated in Sweden, where a publication of the same name was launched in 1995 by Metro International.British newspaper executives Jonathan Harmsworth and Murdoch MacLennan, from DMGT, were reportedly inspired by the idea and flew to Stockholm on a 'fact-finding mission' to develop their version. [4]
It was launched on May 5, 2004 by Metro International. [1] Metro New York was primarily distributed by "hawkers" paid to station themselves in areas with high pedestrian traffic, who offered the free paper to anyone who passed by. In 2009, Metro International sold its US papers to a former executive. [2]
Metro was a free newspaper in Belgium, distributed on working days and aiming in particular at 18- to 44-year-old urban, active, mobile students and commuters. [1] Separate Dutch and French-language versions, each with its own content, were according to the area's language(s) available in railway stations, subway stations, universities, etc. from dedicated stands that had the colour of the ...
StarMetro was a chain of Canadian free daily newspapers published in Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Toronto, and Vancouver.The chain was a joint venture between the Canadian publishing conglomerate Torstar (90 per cent) and Swedish global media company Metro International (10 per cent).