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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.
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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]
In mid-2001, GTA Today had merged with Metro and in October of the same year Sun Media ceased publication of FYI Toronto. However, as the Toronto Sun itself had been largely dependent on sales to commuters the success of Metro ate into its market share and in 2003, Sun Media re-entered the giveaway market with the launch of 24 Hours in Toronto.
Palo Alto Daily News - Palo Alto; while its website is continuously updated, the physical paper was cut back to a weekly in 2015; Palo Alto Daily Post - Palo Alto; successor to the Daily News; San Francisco Examiner - San Francisco As of March 2020, this paper is only published three times a week—on Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday.
In the United States, the owners of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and The New York Times sued SEPTA over an exclusive deal it made with Metro to distribute its papers on the agency's commuter trains. Metro won the suit but is losing the newspaper war; the free daily has struggled to win advertisers. [citation needed]
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