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List Of Free Daily Newspapers
This is a list of free daily newspapers published around the world, organized by country. Austria *'' Österreich'' Belgium * '' Metro'' (separate Dutch and French versions) Brazil * '' Destak'' Canada * '' 24 Hours'' in Montreal * '' Métro'' in Montreal Chile * ''Publimetro'' Colombia * ''Publimetro'' Croatia * '' 24sata'' France * '' 20 Minutes'' * '' Direct Matin'' * '' Metronews'' Hong Kong Chinese * '' am730'' * '' Headline Daily'' * '' Metropolis Daily'' English * '' The Standard'' * Hong Kong Free Press Israel * '' Israel Hayom'' * '' Israel Post'' Italy * ''Leggo'' * '' Metro'' Malaysia * '' theSun'' Netherlands * '' Metro'' Philippines * '' Inquirer Libre'' Portugal * '' Destak'' Russia *''The Moscow Times''Metro Serbia * '' 24 sata'' Spain * ''20 minutos'' (whole Spain) - circulation > 1,500,000 units. Editions: Madrid, Barcelona, València and Sevilla. (Madrid, Catalunya, Valencia, and Andalucía) * La Tribuna (Castilla-La Mancha) Viva(Andalucía) Swe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Daily Newspapers
Free newspapers are distributed free of charge, often in central places in cities and towns, on public transport, with other newspapers, or separately door-to-door. The revenues of such newspapers are based on advertising. They are published at different levels of frequencies, such as daily, weekly or monthly. Origins Australia In 1906, the ''Manly Daily'' in Australia was launched. It was distributed on the ferry boats to Sydney and was later published as a free community daily by Rupert Murdoch's News Ltd. Germany In 1885, the ''General-Anzeiger für Lübeck und Umgebung'' (Germany) was launched. The paper was founded in 1882 by Charles Coleman (1852–1936) as a free twice-a-week advertising paper in the Northern German town of Lübeck. In 1885 the paper went daily. From the beginning the ''General-Anzeiger für Lübeck'' had a mixed model, for 60 pfennig it was home delivered for three months. Unknown, however, is when the free distribution ended. The company website ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel Hayom
''Israel Hayom'' () is an Israeli Hebrew-language free daily newspaper. Distributed for free around Israel, it is the country's most widely distributed newspaper. Owned by the family of the late Sheldon Adelson, the casino mogul and political donor, ''Israel Hayom'' has been noted for its editorial stance and coverage of Israeli politics, often sparking debate about its political alignment. History ''Israel Hayom''s print edition, "financed by the American casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson," was launched on 30 July 2007, competing directly with '' Israeli'', another free daily. That same year, '' Maariv'' editor Dan Margalit left the newspaper to write for ''Israel Hayom''. A weekend edition was launched in October 2009. In 2014, ''Israel Hayom'' bought Israeli media outlets '' Makor Rishon'' and '' nrg מעריב''. In May 2014 the name מעריב (Maariv) was removed from nrg log, and it was rebranded as nrg. Following the acquisition, an antitrust complaint was filed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blick Am Abend
''Blick am Abend'' was a free evening newspaper published in Switzerland and based in Zürich. It existed between 2008 and 2018. History and profile ''Blick am Abend'' was first published on 1 June 2008 as a successor to the afternoon free daily ''Heute''. ''Blick am Abend'', based in Zürich, was a free newspaper owned by Ringier. It was an evening newspaper published in tabloid format. ''Newspaper Innovation''. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2013 Peter Röthlisberger was the editor-in-chief of the daily. Its sister newspaper was ''Blick'', a leading daily in the country. In 2008 ''Blick am Abend'' started a biweekly legal column which answers the reader questions. Until 2009 the daily had editions in Zürich, Bern and Basel Basel ( ; ), also known as Basle ( ), ; ; ; . is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine (at the transition from the High Rhine, High to the Upper Rhine). Basel is Switzerland's List of cities in Switzerland, third-most-populo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baslerstab
The ''Baslerstab'' is a Swiss German-language free daily newspaper. History and profile The paper was launched in 1977 as a result of the merger of the ''Basler Nachrichten'' and the ''National-Zeitung''. The paper was published by Basler Zeitung Medien. The paper is headquartered in Based and is owned by TX Group. It is published in three forms a city edition and online newspaper, both from Monday through Friday; and a regional edition on Wednesdays and Fridays. , the newspaper had a circulation of 194,358 copies per day. . ''Baslerstab''. Basler Zeitung Medien also published the ''''. See also * |
20 Minuten
''20 Minuten'' (; "20 Minutes") is a free daily newspaper in Switzerland. History and profile Cofounded by Sacha Wigdorovits, who also became a significant shareholder, ''20 Minuten'' was first published in 1999 by 20 Minuten Schweiz AG. The direct competitor '' metropol'' was available in Switzerland between 2000 and 2002. ''20 Minuten'' is published in tabloid format. Since 2005 the newspaper has been owned by Express-Zeitung AG, which is jointly owned by Tamedia (majority holding) and '' Berner Zeitung'' (17.5%). In the German-speaking parts of Switzerland, specific editions are made for the regions of Basel, Bern, Lucerne, St. Gallen and Zürich. Circulation ''20 Minuten'' is distributed to commuters at over 150 train stations across the country. Since September 2004 the German-language edition has been the most widely read daily newspaper in Switzerland, surpassing '' Blick''. The audited distribution in 2004 was 329,242 ( WEMF AG) and it had a readership of an est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro (Swedish Newspaper)
''Metro'' was a free daily newspaper in Sweden. It was printed in four editions: Stockholm, Gothenburg, Skåne and National, which were distributed in 67 towns and cities throughout the country. The paper was the first European free paper. On 8 August 2019, its cancellation was announced. History and profile ''Metro Stockholm'' was the first version. The paper was launched on 13 February 1995 and distributed in the Stockholm Metro. Its owner and founding company is Modern Times Group (MTG), a subsidiary of the Swedish conglomerate Kinnevik. The paper is published in tabloid format by Metro International. For a long time, ''Metro'' was the sole free newspaper available in the different metropolitan areas. In 2002, the Bonnier Group launched ''Stockholm City'' in the Stockholm region. ''City'' expanded into Gothenburg and Malmö in September 2006 and was followed a few weeks later by the Schibsted-backed ''Punkt SE'' in all three cities. ''City Göteborg'' was closed down in late 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20 Minutos
''20 minutos'' is a Spanish free newspaper, with local editions in several Spanish cities, published by Multiprensa & Mas S.L. History Multiprensa & Mas S.L. was founded in Madrid in 1999. The founder of 20 minutos is José Antonio Martínez Soler. 20 minutos is published under an Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons licence, which entitles anyone to freely copy, distribute, display, make derivative works and commercial use of the work. Additionally, the newspaper can be downloaded from their site. on 20minutos.es Its majority stockholder is 20 Min Holding, a leader in free daily newspapers in ('' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24 Sata (Serbia)
''24 sata'' (24 hours) was a weekly free newspaper in Belgrade, founded by Ringier in October 2006. It used to have circulation figures of around 150,000.Ringier, das grösste Schweizer Medienunternehmen On April 1, 2011, the 1,167th issue of the newspaper was published. This newspaper had sections about local news, national news for , global news, s, economic news, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Moscow Times
''The Moscow Times'' (''MT'') is an Amsterdam-based independent English-language and Russian-language online newspaper. It was in print in Russia from 1992 until 2017 and was distributed free of charge at places frequented by English-speaking tourists and expatriates, such as hotels, cafés, embassies, and airlines, and also by subscription. The newspaper was popular among foreign citizens residing in Moscow and English-speaking Russians. In November 2015, the newspaper changed its design and type from daily to weekly (released every Thursday) and increased the number of pages to 24. The newspaper Online newspaper, became online-only in July 2017 and launched its Russian-language service in 2020. In 2022, its headquarters were relocated to Amsterdam in the Netherlands in response to Media freedom in Russia, restrictive media laws enacted in Russia after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, invasion of Ukraine. On 15 April 2022, the Russian-language website of ''The Moscow Times'' was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inquirer Libre
''Inquirer Libre'' is a free, bilingual ( Filipino and English) tabloid published in the Philippines by the ''Philippine Daily Inquirer'' as a trimmed-down version of the newspaper for distribution on public transport. Established on November 19, 2001, it is the Philippines' first and Asia's second-oldest free newspaper. The newspaper is available in all stations of the LRT, MRT, and PNR, the Eva Macapagal Super Terminal at the Port of Manila's South Harbor, as well as selected branches of McDonald's. In 2011, a digital print edition was made available for subscribers of the ''Inquirer'' digital print subscription service. Unlike other Philippine tabloids, ''Inquirer Libre'' seeks to provide commuters access to decent, useful and meaningful news and current events. The income generated from distributing ''Inquirer Libre'' comes from advertising. On October 9, 2017, ''Inquirer Libre'' relaunched as a weekly commuter paper. It will be distributed every Monday. The new sched ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro (Dutch Newspaper)
''Metro'' () is a free Dutch newspaper, distributed daily since 1999, mostly to commuters in high-traffic areas. Formerly owned by Metro International, in August 2012 the paper was taken over by the Telegraaf Media Group (TMG). At the time of acquisition, TMG already published another free Dutch newspaper, '' Spits''. Later Spits merged into Metro. History ''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. Separate editions for Rotterdam and Amsterdam appeared in October 2004 and April 2005. The business model is the same as that of the other Metro International publications: news is reported in a relatively brief fashion, all income is derived from advertisements, and the papers are distributed mainly in train stations, besides in s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sun (Malaysia)
''The Sun'' (branded as ''theSun'') is Malaysia's national daily newspaper in tabloid form. Available from Mondays to Fridays except on public holiday, with a target audience of white-collar workers and urban youth. Published by Sun Media Corporation Sdn Bhd, which is part of the Berjaya Media Group (formerly known as Nexnews Berhad), ''theSun'' was launched on 1 June 1993, which was originally ''The Sun''. It stopped publication on 30 June 1994, for a revamp, and resumed a month later. In audited circulation figures by Audit Bureau of Circulations Malaysia for January–June 2015, ''theSun'' was the highest circulated English newspaper, with a circulation of 306,249. History Sun Media Corporation Sdn Bhd (SMCSB) was incorporated in Malaysia under the Act on 19 July 1991 as a private limited company under the name of Fikiran Abadi Sdn Bhd. On 8 December 1994, it changed its name to Sun Media Group Sdn Bhd before assuming its present name on 22 August 1998. The principal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
