1. Metro newspapers
    Timeline of Metro editions 

2. Metro editions by region
    Asia  Europe  North America  South America 

3. See also

4. References

5. External links

Metro International is a Swedish global media company based in Luxembourg that publishes the Metro newspapers. Metro International's advertising sales have grown at a compound annual growth rate of 41 percent since launch of the first newspaper edition in 1995.^[1] It is a freesheet, meaning that distribution is free, with revenues thus generated entirely through advertising. This newspaper is primarily intended for commuters who move daily in and out of big cities' business areas, mainly during rush hours.

The company was founded by Per Andersson and started as a subsidiary of the Modern Times Group along with Viasat Broadcasting. It is now controlled through the Mats Qviberg owned investment company Custos.^[2] The first edition of the newspaper was published as Metro Stockholm and distributed in the Stockholm metro. {{As of|2012}}, all European editions (except for the Hungarian one) have been sold, reportedly so that Metro International can focus on Latin America, considered the last growth market for free newspapers.^[3][4]

Metro newspapers

As of October 2009, there were 56 daily editions in 15 languages and in 19 countries across Europe, North and South America, and Asia, for an audience of more than 17 million daily readers and 37 million weekly readers.^[1]

Metro newspaper editions are distributed in high-traffic commuter zones or in public transport networks, via a combination of self-service racks and by hand distributors on weekdays. Saturday editions are published in Stockholm, Santiago, São Paulo, and Lima. The distribution points are located either in or around public transport networks (subways, trains, buses, trams), office buildings, retail outlets, at key distribution points on busy streets, or in other high-density population areas such as college campuses.

Metro International launched several editions in Canada during 2000, leading to the creation of several commuter newspaper competitors, such as Sun Media's 24 Hours.

The local name of the Metro newspaper editions may vary due to trademark issues. Peruvian, Chilean, and Mexican editions are called Publimetro, and the Spanish edition is named Metro Directo.

Not all newspapers named Metro are part of the Metro International group. Associated Newspapers publishes another freesheet called Metro in twelve areas around Britain. This UK Metro is not related to Metro International, which used the name Morning News for its (now defunct) freesheet distributed there. However, Metro International and Associated Metro do collaborate on the Dublin Metro Herald newspaper (launched 10 October 2005), which they both own a third of, along with The Irish Times. The Dublin Metro newspaper uses the Associated Metro logo and format, however.^[5] It is reported that Metro International has plans to launch a rival free evening newspaper in London.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}}

There are also other examples of newspapers named Metro that are not part of the Metro International Group. In Belgium, Mass Transit Media, a joint venture of Concentra and Rossel, publishes the free daily newspaper Metro. In California, Metro Silicon Valley is a free weekly newspaper which was founded in 1985. Neither of these newspapers have links to Metro International.

In Hong Kong, Metro International sold Metro Daily in 2013 to a local businessman.^[6]

Timeline of Metro editions

• Metro was first launched in Stockholm on 13 February 1995.
• The first international edition launched in Budapest, Hungary in Hungarian (1998) and became the most popular daily with 400.000 daily edition. The newspaper had two editions, in the countryside and in Budapest. The popular Metro - later renamed as Metropol - was sold to a Hungarian private editor in 2011 and became target of the political fights. The newspaper was closed in 2015.
• A German-language edition is published in Switzerland by Metro Publication (Schweiz) AG under the name Metropol on 31 January 2000 as a direct competitor to 20 Minuten. The newspaper ceased publication without announcement on 13 February 2002.
• In 2000, a Spanish edition named Publimetro is published in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with a circulation of 390,000.^[7] Facing competition from the free daily La Razón published by Grupo Clarín, Publimetro is suspended indefinitely a year later.^[8]
• A weekly magazine named Metropop starts publication in Hong Kong on 27 April 2006 (published on Thursdays).
• At the end of 2006, Metro started a dedicated technology paper, Metro Teknik (English section)^[9] which is distributed weekly to companies, science parks, and technical universities around Sweden.
• Due to financial difficulties in the press sector in general, and the free press in particular, Metro International closed down its Polish edition on 5 January 2007. Earlier, the Danish afternoon version of the newspaper was closed down, and the business in Finland was sold.{{citation needed | date=January 2019}}
• As of October 2008, the Croatian Metro edition was also cancelled, due to disappointing advertorial income.
• As of 29 January 2009, Metro International closed down its Spanish operations.
• In 2009, Metro sold its US papers.^[10]
• As of 31 May 2012, Metro International was delisted from the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm stock exchange.^[11]
• In August 2016, the French version of the newspaper, published since 2002 and property of TF1 since 2011, is discontinued.^[12]{{Better source|reason=per WP:CIRCULAR|date=November 2017}}
• In September 2016, the Portuguese version of the newspaper, published since 2004 and property of Cofina since 2009, is discontinued.^[13]

Metro editions by region

Asia

• South Korea: Metro is published in Busan and Seoul
• Hong Kong: Metro is distributed across MTR stations in Kowloon, Hong Kong Island, Tsuen Wan and Tseung Kwan O

Europe

There are national editions in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Finland, the Netherlands, Russia, and Sweden (Metro). City editions of Metro are published in many major cities.

Belgium has a bilingual free newspaper with the same name, but it is not owned by Metro International. Likewise, Metro in the United Kingdom is not part of the network.

In France, the Metronews has been acquired and merged by the media company LCI - itself property of TF1.

North America

• Canada: The first Canadian Metro paper was launched in Toronto in 2000, and eventually launched in multiple cities across Canada through joint ventures with Canadian companies or through brand licensing.
  • English-language: Became a 50-50 joint venture with Torstar in 2001. Metro International sold most of its stake in English-Canadian newspapers to Torstar in 2011. It now holds a 10% stake in the StarMetro newspaper chain published in Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Toronto, and Vancouver. In 2017 Postmedia Network acquired 26 newspapers from Torstar and discontinued 24 including Metro in Ottawa.^[14]
  • French-language: Métro is published in French in Montreal and is wholly owned by TC Transcontinental, which licenses the Metro brand. It is distributed throughout Montreal and its suburbs and has a readership of one million.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
• Guatemala: Metro is published in Guatemala City
• Mexico: Metro is published in Guadalajara, Mexico City, and Monterrey
• Nicaragua: Metro is published in Managua
• Puerto Rico: Metro is published in Puerto Rico
• United States: Metro is published in Boston, New York City (Metro New York), Philadelphia (Philadelphia Metro)

South America

• Brazil: Metro is published in major metropolitan regions including Curitiba, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, Campinas, Baixada Santista, and São Paulo
• Chile: Metro is published in major conurbations including Concepción, Rancagua, Santiago, Talcahuano, and Valparaíso
• Colombia: Metro is published in Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, and Barranquilla
• Ecuador: Metro is published in Guayaquil, Quito and Cuenca
• Peru: Metro is published in Lima

See also

• List of newspapers in Canada
• List of newspapers in the Czech Republic

References

External links

• {{Official website|http://www.metro.lu/ }}

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